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Halimium lasianthum (Lam.) Spach

<em>Halimium lasianthum (Lam.) Spach</em>
Halimium lasianthum (Lam.) Spach ‘Sandling’

Key facts

Flower colour : yellow, sometimes with a dark blotch at the base of each petal. These blotches vary in size and colour from plant to plant. There are several un-named clones in the collection.
Flower diameter : 4cm
Height & Spread : 40cm x 2m+
Habit : loose, spreading

Notes : hardy, floriferous, reliable. Attractive silvery foliage. Some of the best cultivars for the garden.

Subspecies : subsp. alyssoides has greener, often narrower leaves. Its flowers are unblotched.

Cultivars : ‘Concolor’ has unblotched petals; ‘Formosum’ (below) has a large purple-brown blotch (RHS Colour Chart ref. 187A) at the base of each petal; ‘Sandling’ (above) has similar crimson blotches (RHS Colour Chart ref. 185A); ‘Hannay Silver’ (lower) is much larger and more vigorous, with silky-haired, silvery leaves and unblotched petals; subsp. alyssoides ‘Farall’(bottom)has flowers of a rich egg-yolk yellow.

Halimium lasianthum ‘Formosum’
Halimium lasianthum ‘Formosum’
Halimium lasianthum ‘Hannay Silver’
Halimium lasianthum ‘Hannay Silver’
Halimium lasianthum subsp. alyssoides
Halimium lasianthum subsp. alyssoides
Halimium lasianthum subsp. alyssoides ‘Farall’
Halimium lasianthum subsp. alyssoides ‘Farall’