Re: Plant Id ??
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Plant Id ??
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 10:45:11 EDT
In a message dated 7/12/98 10:29:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lindsey@lorien.mallorn.com writes:
<< I bought a plant this spring that I don't know the name of---hoping
someone
> can help. It has silver foliage, like an artemesia, but has fairly rounded
> leaves and has curving branches. Its habit is like a large
myrtle--spreading
> rather than upright. It has grown fast. I've seen it planted in with
geraniums
> in boxes. I don't know if it's annual or perennial. Judy Warner >>
Doesn't sound like 'Dusty Miller' to me. I think it is Helichrysum petiolare,
commonly called Licorice Plant around here. It does have rounded leaves and
they're kind of velvety looking. And I've seen it often in containers and it
is more spreading than upright like Dusty Miller. I think it may be a woody
shrub in some warmer zones, but here in 6a Cincinnati it is grown as an annual
because it does not survive. It's a lovely plant but mine always gets some
disease and dies prematurely. Try it with the purple-flowered heliotrope--a
killer combination I think.
Bill Lee
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