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Products > Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Silver and Gold'   Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Silver and Gold' - Common Everlasting      Habit and Cultural Information Category: Perennial Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers) Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Yellow Bloomtime: Year-round Height: 1 foot Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Full Sun Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Silver and Gold' (Common Everlasting) - A low spreading perennial or subshrub to 1 foot tall and spreading to 2 to 3 feet wide with rounded lance-shaped leaves that appear silvery because of their dense silver hairs. The terminal clusters of bright 1/4 inch wide yellow flowers that darken to orange appear primarily from late winter to early fall but some flowers can be found nearly year-round. Plant in full sun or partial shade (best out in the open) with well draining soil and irrigate occasionally. Can tolerate a few degrees below freezing but it is best to protect this plant from frost. A great small plant for a mixed border or rock garden and well suited to mixed container plantings. This plant was a selected seedling from Kuranga Native Plant Nursery of Mount Evelyn, Victoria - in Australia this form of the plant is sometimes referred to as the decumbent form to separate it from the upright growing forms. 'Silver and Gold' is a 2007 UCSC Koala Blooms Australian plant introduction. The genus name Chrysocephalum comes from Greek "chryso" meaning golden and "cephalus" meaning head, in reference to the rounded golden yellow flower heads. The specific epithet "apiculatum" is in reference to the leaves having a small point at their tip. Plants in the genius Chrysocephalum were formerly in Helichrysum, with which they share the papery flower bracts.  The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery and in our own and other Santa Barbara gardens. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information or disagrees with what we have written.     [MORE INFO]