Santolina chamaecyparissus



Botanical Name: Santolina chamaecyparissus
Common Name: cotton lavender
Family Name: Asteraceae
Distribution/Origin: Mediterranean

Leaf: Simple, Silver-greyish, Soft/flexible, Tomentose, Distinct smell, Linear/Rounded/Truncate/ Pectinate
Bud: Alternate
Inflorescence: Yellow, Floriferous, Fragrant, Jul/Aug

Fruit/Seed: Achene, Not showy, Sep/Oct
Stem/Bark: Grey

Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m/Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m
Habit: Dense/Spreading
Form: Mounded

Soil: Rocky, Gravely, Dry, Well-drained
Moisture: Low, Summer dry, Winter dry
Sun: Full sun
Exposure: Partial shade

Landscape use: Dryland, Bedding plant, Container planting, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Sheared hedge, Alpine, Summer interest 

Notes: Broadleaf evergreen

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