This mix will produce blooms with yellow centers and papery petals in shades of white and rose. Helipterum flowers are excellent for cutting and drying. Common names for this flower are Paper Daisy and Everlasting Daisy. The 1 inch blooms dry and preserve well, keeping the color indefinitely. To keep the Helipterum plant full of blooms, keep the spent flowers cut back. The Paper Daisy plant will die back with the first frost. Grows about 20 inches tall, annual.
3686 Silvery Rose ( Bracteantha bractcata )
Profuse bloomers for fresh or dried arrangements.
Tall, well-branched plants produce double flowers 2-2 1/2" across. Blooms are pure to creamy-white and frosted with rose at the petal tips. Rose coloring is subtler on young blooms and darkens as they mature and open. Also known as bracted strawflower. Ht. 36-40".
SF212 Sultane Mix ( Bracteantha bractcata )
Tall, well-branched plants. Sultane Mix includes white, bright pink, silvery rose, salmon, yellow, orange, and copper-red colors for fresh-cut or dried flowers. Also known as strawflower and bracted strawflower. Ht. 36-40"
SF336 Winged Everlasting ( Ammobium Alatum Grandiflorum )
This is an excellent flower for the cutting garden that can be grown from seeds, and is very popular to cut, dry and use as an everlasting. As soon as the flowers open about half way, typically in mid-summer, they are cut, tied in small bunches, hung up-side-down and dried in warm, well-ventilated rooms.
The richly flowering plants grows approximately 28 inches tall. The flower heads are about 3/4 inch wide. Ammobium Alatum seeds can be sowed indoors in March - April, or outdoors in poor, well-drained soil in a sunny position after frost season is over. Ammobium flower seeds may be grown as a perennial in frost free zones. Winged Everlasting plants are native to Australia.
3463 Italian Everlasting ( Curry Plant ) ( Helichrysum italicum )
As the name suggests, the narrow, silvery-grey leaves of this splendid, dense, dwarf sub-shrub smell strongly of curry. Though the leaves are edible, it is really not used for cooking, rather for it's ornamental appeal and the essential oil derived from the plant.
An easy to care for perennial that prefers poor soil and will thrive in rock gardens and xeriscapes.
Helichrysum italicum is an evergreen Shrub growing to 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide.
It is hardy to zone 8 and is not frost tender.
It features silver gray leaves, yellow blooms, fragrant foliage, heat and drought tolerant qualities.
It is the source for the famouse Helichrysum Essential Oil.
Plants live on average for 4-6 years, does well in zones 8-11.
2627 Monster Gold ( Helichrysum
bracteatum )
Perfect Gold Color.
Extra large double, long strong stems, the best
for cut/drying, the Monster series is one of
the best for cut/drying flowers. Grows about
36" tall.