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Strawflower

Helichrysum arenarium

Also called Sandy Everlasting, Yellow Chasteweed, Yellow Everlasting Daisy

Strawflower
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Helichrysum arenarium is a low perennial herb of sandy grasslands and heathland in Europe, grown for its bright yellow everlasting flower heads. It is best grown in full sun with sharp drainage, as it dislikes wet roots.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining, low-fertility soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold temperate winters; protect potted plants from hard frost below about -10 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Europe to Siberia and Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Helichrysum arenarium is also known as dwarf everlast, and as immortelle.

Other Helichrysum plants

Curry Plant · Helichrysum milfordiae · Eastern Strawflower · Licorice-plant · Red Everlasting · Cape Gold · Yellow amaranth · Strawflower · Jersey cudweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helichrysum arenarium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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