Re: Plecostachys serpyllifolia
"Sean A. O'Hara" wrote:
> Hi Folks -
>
> I'm researching Plecostachys serpyllifolia, a plant that is common enough
> in the trade, but as it is used mostly as a filler for container plantings,
> I can find little about it other than small silver leaves and trailing
> habit. It is usually called licorice plant for reasons I can't fathom (I
> don't recall it having much of a fragrance). I'd grown it in a former
> garden and found it a nice shrub with handsome albeit subtle flowers. It's
> name is often mis-spelt (so figure, eh?!) and it was once known both as
> Helichrysum petiolare microphyllum and H. microphyllum. Does anyone have
> any information they can impart about this species? I think it is native
> to South Africa, but am not sure. Its a nice plant and I'm trying to put
> up a page on the web site about it, but am having trouble finding anything
> to write about it.
Sean,
Is this the little trailing plant with small silvery leaves that used to
be called Helichrysum 'Moe's Gold" ? I used to grow it to trail over the edge
of containers as you say, but I haven't seen it in the nurseries down here for
a long time! I'd be interested in learning what you find about it. Jan
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