Botanical Name: Common Names:
Santolina chamaecyparissus Cotton Lavender,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening Rounded
Description:
Aromatic foliaged, dense shrub with narrow, silvery woolly leaves and yellow summer flower heads. Prefers sunny, well drained sites and useful in borders,pots, rockeries and as a low hedge.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Coastal Garden, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Relatively short lived, cut back after flowering to maintain density and shape.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Asteraceae Europe
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Grey
Flower Colour: Yellow
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: High
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