Santolina chamaecyparissus

Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width:	⇔	4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
Asteraceae >	Santolina >	chamaecyparissus >

Cotton Lavender or Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus, Linn., syn. S. incana, Lam.) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.

Read about Santolina chamaecyparissus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Santolina chamaecyparissus, Linn. (S. incana, Lam.). Lavender Cotton. A hardy half-shrubby, much-branched plant, 1 1/2 - 2 ft. high, with evergreen, silvery gray lvs., having tiny ovate-oblong lfts. and small globular heads of yellow fls., borne in summer: heads solitary, terminal about 3/4 in. diam.: branches and lvs. canescent. Medit. region. Var. incana differs but little from the type: involucre pubescent. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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