RE: Helichrysum 'Limelight' was: Heliopsis Limelight

Hi Marge,  I have found the best way to have good looking Helichrysum from
year to year is to take cuttings in fall of nice limber tips and winter them
over as you describe.  That way I avoid the woody stems that won't trail and
want to stick straight out.  I like to use both H. Limelight and H.
Variegatum (soft cream + 2 shades of gray) as trailing edgers in my big pots
on the deck.  Both of them go with everything!  My favorite combination
right now is H. Limelight intermingled with Abutilon megapotamicum (dark red
& gold flowers) & Coleus 'Alabama Sunset' (dark red with gold variegation).
It will put a smile on my face anytime :)
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Design Plants
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, OR   Zone 8b

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From:	owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Marge Talt
Sent:	Saturday, August 21, 1999 1:38 AM
To:	perennials@mallorn.com
Subject:	Re: Helichrysum 'Limelight'  was: Heliopsis Limelight

Love this plant.  As far as I know, it rarely flowers.  Have seen a few on
one of my older plants of the species, little white flowers, but never any
seed.  It's a tender perennial sold as an annual - does not take frost at
all.  Very popular in the UK, where I first saw it many years ago.  Used to
be very hard to find in the US.  I've kept it and the species with the
silver-white leaves, plain Helichrysum petiolatum, going for a year or
three by wintering over in a cool greenhouse.  Plants hail from South
Africa and are hardy only to zone 10.

Major problem I have with them is some dratted little leaf minor who turns
them to shredded messes.  Think this has something to do with my weather.
But, wonder if others have the same problem.  I have never seen the adult
insect and only a few of the larvae who do the damage...very small whitish
with black heads as near as my old eyes could tell....dratted beasts.

Stems get fairly woody with age.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: bayvu@worldnet.att.net
> Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 2:39 AM
> The plant is Helichrysum 'Limelight.'  I bought it as a 4" pot
> at the San Francisco Landscape Show about 9 years ago.
> I don't know about seeds but contact me off list as it's easy to
> root and I'll be glad to start a piece for you.
>
> The picture is at
>
http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/gardening/encyc/display/0,1073,14030,00.htm
l
> Now that I've found it I noticed it was called an annual.
> That's probably true of lots of plants in my garden
> that I consider perennial and don't even bother to cover
> when it gets down in the low 20's  (cold for us).
> Good gardening,

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