Xerochrysum

Xerochrysum everlasting flower

Everlasting flower is an upright annual with lance-shaped leaves and flower-heads to 8cm across, in white or shades of yellow, pink and red, in summer and autumn.

Classification

• Common Names: Sunflower helianthus, bracted everlasting, golder everlasting.

• Family: Asteraceae

• Variety: Bracteatum

IMG_2568.jpg: 2024-07-13 The first of many

IMG_2550.jpg: 2024-02-18 Example of flowers

Propagation Notes

• Plant Type: annual

• Propagation: Seed

• Hardiness: H2 - Half hardy

• Flowering Season: July - Oct

Plant in full sun with a south-facing or west-facing aspect. Grows to about 1 meter. Sow indoors from March - may. Plant out may June after last frost.

2024-10-01: I was really disheartened by the struggle to keep these plants going, but when they started to flower they really become beatiful. The real unique benefit of the flowers is they dry very well and we now have a good collection of dried stems in the house to lighten up the winter months. Drying them we hang them upside down for some time to properly dry and then they can be used in arrangements.

2024-06-15: The everlasting flowers had a hard time to get through the snail onslaught, repeatedly being eaten to bits. however, I got a few plant through to maturity and planted them out in the a sunny bed

2024-03-01: Sow seed indoors in pods.

2024-02-15: Receive some seed through the gardeners world subscription. have never heard of this plant, but it looks interesting.