A small, grey-leaved shrub from Mediterranean regions, Lavender Cotton grows up to 50 cm in height. It has tightly clustered foliage and form and produces yellow heads of flowers over spring-summer. It generally needs around 4 cuts per year to manage its form. This plant is drought tolerant.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam
- Tolerances
- Frost, Drought
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Yellow, Green
- Gardens
- Formal