Santolina (Virens)
Cotton Lavender
Santolina (Cotton Lavender) is a compact shrub with silver-grey divided leaves and small yellow flowers that appear in Summer. Ideal in borders. The foliage, when crushed, produces a fragrance.A small growing evergreen with a dense and rounded bushy habit with green Rosemary like foliage like rosemary and yellow flowers on slender stems midsummer.
Contributed by @robbiec
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Cotton Lavender
Latin name
Santolina (Virens)
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Asteraceae
ph
6.7 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
0.50 M
Santolina (Virens)
Santolina (Cotton Lavender) is a compact shrub with silver-grey divided leaves and small yellow flowers that appear in Summer. Ideal in borders. The foliage, when crushed, produces a fragrance.A small growing evergreen with a dense and rounded bushy habit with green Rosemary like foliage like rosemary and yellow flowers on slender stems midsummer.
Flowering Season
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Yellow flowers on slender stems midsummer.
Planting Season
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out container grown plants into a sunny and well draining site.
Propagation by Seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Fill a seed tray with seed compost,water and allow to drain.Sprinkle seeds over the surface allowing roughly 25mm space between seeds and cover with a thin layer of compost. Put tray in a clear polythene bag and place on a windowsill. When seedlings show remove plastic bag.When the second pair of leaves appear on the seedlings thin out to 50mm spacing by removing the weakest looking plants. After 2 or 3 weeks and when danger of frost has passed plants can then be planted outside into required position.
Propagation by seed Spring
From Mid Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seed under glass in Spring.
Planting
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Ideally you want to plant Lavender between late spring and early summer. If not planting in the ground you can plant it in a pot but make sure it's a decent sized pot (over 30cm diameter) and it's well drained.
Propagation by seed Spring
From Late Spring TO Late Spring
Sow seed into directly into flowering position in late Spring.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Lovely bright, button like small yellow flowers appear in the summer. Ideal in borders. new growth when squashed produces a fragrance.
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