Xerochrysum Diane Everlasting™ PBR

Deep gold and gleaming, the flowers will amaze you and last as cut flowers for weeks.

A selection from a new breed of paper daisies or everlastings, this perennial has clean bright foliage and produces a mass of flowering stems from the base.

 

 

Each reaches 30-40cm high in a matter of weeks only. It blooms all year round, and butterflies love to settle on the glorious gold flowers. It adores full sun, or is happy in light shade. Well drained sandy or clay loam soils are best; neutral to slightly acid pH. It tolerates a remarkable range of climates, from cool temperate to tropical and semi arid, is extremely frost hardy and grows in coastal situations too.

Uses: A spectacular cut flower, either in water or cut at bud stage and used for dried arrangements. Leave the flowers to develop on the plant, and you have a real crowd stopper. Plant in containers and arrange in groups on a sundeck or patio for massed impact. In the garden, plant amongst heathland or cottage garden mixtures.

Maintenance: a heavy feeder, and loves a good dose of high phosphorus controlled release fertilizer in spring and late summer. Prune stems to ground level after winter to rejuvenate plants; the response is rapid and surprising. Keep moist if grown in containers, otherwise low water needs when established.

Like alpine everlastings, these glorious burnished gold flowers are the brightest imaginable. Hard to believe that this plant was trimmed to its base six weeks prior to this photograph.

Granted No. 3284   Selected by F D Hockings and marketed by Austraflora Pty Ltd © The TM Diane Everlasting is owned by F D Hockings The name Austraflora and its symbol are protected by ®

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