Exquisite dangling pale yellow-green flared flowers from grey-purple bracts on long arching stems. Each flower only lives a few days but more are produced every day. Dying flowers are beautifully spiralled. Grey-green basal leaves stiff and prickly in compact rosette. Quick to bloom from seed. Fairly hardy if kept dry in winter 12" in leaf, 30" in flower
Hardiness: | Borderline hardy |
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Longevity: | Perennial |
Habit: | Evergreen |
Growing Condition: | Dry sun |
Season: | Early summer |
Season: | Spring |
Good For: | Seedheads & fruit |
Good For: | Cut flower |
Flower Colour: | Cream |
Foliage Colour: | Grey-green |
Germination: | Sow in spring, thinly and shallowly. Keep warm (60-70oF) till germinates, then cooler |
50 seeds per pack (approx).