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Helichrysum argyrophyllum  'Moe's Gold'
 

Helichrysum argyrophyllum© Helichrysum argyrophyllum

Helichrysum argyrophyllum

  Pewter Colored Foliage!

Mat-forming, groundcover with very silver, metallic looking foliage and bright yellow strawflowers in summer that persist as strawflowers well into fall.  4” high x indefinate.  Nice container plant.  Grow in sun in very well drained soil with low water. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 0 degrees F.  South Africa  Asteraceae

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Helichrysum bellidioides
 

Helichrysum bellidioides flowers

Helichrysum bellidioides, New Zealand Strawflower©

Helichrysum bellidioides foliage

  New Zealand Everlasting Daisy

New Zealand native is a mat-forming, low-growing carpet with many papery white strawflowers in late spring and summer.   6”high x 24” wide.  Grow in sun in moist, gravelly soil.  Our plants are grown from wild collected seed and display a variable leaf form.  Some resemble a large leaved raoulia, a close relative.  Zones 7-10.  Native to New Zealand scree.  Asteraceae

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