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Products > Brachyglottis 'Silver Dormouse'
 
Brachyglottis 'Silver Dormouse'
  

 
Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Shrub
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers)
Origin: New Zealand (Australasia)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloomtime: Summer
Synonyms: [Senecio greyi]
Parentage: (B. greyi x B. compactus x B. laxifolius)
Height: 4-5 feet
Width: Spreading
Exposure: Full Sun
Drought Tolerant: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F
Brachyglottis 'Silver Dormouse' - A compact dense evergreen shrub that grows to 3 feet tall by 4 feet wide with elongated ovate hairy leaves that are gray-green with a white lined margin and silvery white undersides. Yellow daisy flowers bloom profusely in the summer. Plant in full sun with good draining soil and little to regular irrigation. Hardy to around 18 F. This plant comes from David Tristan of Walberton Nursery in West Sussex. It was selected as a mutant growing among a batch of tissue cultured plants in 1996. It appears closely related to and probably shares parentage with the Brachyglottis Dunedin hybrids (sometimes called Brachyglotis 'Sunshine') which were a group of hybrids involving Brachyglottis [Senecio]. greyi, B. compactus and B. laxifolius. This plant differs from these hybrids in being more compact, brighter silver, less leaf edge curl and less of a tendency to brown out and die in the middle.  The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery, in our own garden and in other gardens in the Santa Barbara area. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information about this plant, even if they disagree with what we have written.