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Convolvulus cneorum
Silverbush is a low, evergreen shrub with grey-green silvery foliage and white flowers with yellow throats from spring into summer. It needs full sun, alkaline, well-drained soil, and very little water once established.
Convolvulus cneorum, the silverbush or shrubby bindweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, which contains many plants described as "bindweed". The Latin specific epithet cneorum is a word of Greek origin referring to a small olive-like plant, possibly a species of Daphne.
The species prefers an alkaline soil, full sun and good drainage. It tolerates near-drought conditions for short periods, and is cold hardy to −9 C. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017).
The species is found in coastal areas of Spain, Italy, Croatia and Albania. In Italy it is found on the coast of Tuscany and western Sicily and on the islands of Capri and Li Galli. In Croatia it is found on many of the islands off the coast. It is often found growing in cracks in rocks.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
