Helichrysum Species, Everlastingflower, Licorice Plant, Silver-Bush, Trailing Dusty Miller

Here in New England, this is a good plant for containers and bedding.

In California, it's naturalized. CAL-IPC has listed ...Read Moreit as invasive of natural habitat, and is urging gardeners to grow something else in its place.

I was unable to get the plant to survive the heat of the Central Valley. Then I found out from UCDavis that the plant is considered a "pe...Read Morest" in California. It is displacing native plants in "senstive coastal areas" and the Golden Gate Recreational Area.

This is just the plain garden H. petiolare, green form, nice filler for mixed beds, can be pruned harshly to make it bushier. Insi...Read Moregnigicant flowers. Don't overwater.