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Immortelle

Xeranthemum annuum

Immortelle
Photo: Kajetan Dzierżanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0

Xeranthemum annuum is a hardy annual daisy-family plant grown for its papery, everlasting flowerheads that keep their colour when dried. It thrives in full sun and dry, well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Poor to average, light, well-drained soil; avoid rich, wet ground.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & SE. Europe to C. Asia and Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Xeranthemum annuum is a flowering plant species also known as annual everlasting or immortelle. It is native to eastern Europe and western Asia, and is cultivated as a garden flower. It has become naturalised in other parts of Europe.

The immortelle is a symbol of eternity and immortality. It is an annual plant of dry, sunny lawns, slopes, vines, loess farms and karst bushes. species. The leaves are typically elongated, spear-like with a silvery-gray color, and the leaves are downy. Immortelles bloom during the summer months, from June to September, when the populations are a delightful pink-lilac flower field.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xeranthemum annuum 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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