(This plant is not on the Australian Noxious Weed List.)
A very attractive native perennial plant with long-stemmed golden globular flowers rising from a small rosette of woolly leaves from Spring through Summer. Long flowering they make an excellent cut flower with a long vase life and a good dried flower candidate.
Billy Buttons grow naturally on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Western and Far Western plains of New South Wales and extends into Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. Tolerant of most soils providing they have little dampness, it is drought, frost and seaside planting tolerant.
Sometimes called Drumsticks this plant forms a clump to a flowering height of 0.5-1 metre (18-36 in) and will thrive in a warm or cold temperate, Mediterranean or cool sub-tropical climate. It is a low maintenance plant for gardens, courtyards, cottage gardens and rockeries. It is attractive to bees and butterflies.
Offered is a packet of 50 seeds with propagation notes.
All seed is posted in bubble wrap protection.
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Item specifics
Plant Habit:
Bedding (Ground Cover), Flowering
Common Name:
Billy Buttons
Climate:
Sub-tropical, Temperate, Mediterranean
Season of Interest:
Spring/Summer
Sunlight:
Full Sun
Watering:
Medium
Genus:
Pycnosorus
Type:
Decorative Plant, Rockery Plant
Foliage:
Evergreen
Soil pH:
Neutral
Species:
globosus
Soil Type:
Clay, Loam, Saline, Sand
Plant Hardiness Zone (°C):
4 (0 to 5 °C)
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This perennial may take a season or two to flower, but they are well worth the wait. Stunning, yet delicate blue flowers will cover the entire plume, and will catch the eye of anyone walking by.
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