Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Leontopodium ochroleucum var. campestre
Family: (Asteraceae)
(P) to 12″. Central Asia to Tibet. The classic “Edelweiss” flower head has tight terminal clusters of small, white, star-shaped flowers surrounded by white, petal-like, woolly bracts. This species has a small, tufted, basal clump of linear leaves and upright flower stems with large, inch-wide, star-like, yellow centres. Grows well for us outside, on top of our tufa beds. Well-drained soil. Sun. 4 & T2
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