granvia pink strawflower
Xerochrysum bracteatum
USDA zones8 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size1 to 5 feet tall6 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow, orange, red, pink, white
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Granvia pink strawflower (Xerochrysum bracteatum) is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, loamy soil. Deer tend to pass it by. Butterflies and bees visit the blooms. It forms a clump of gray-silver and green foliage and blooms in summer and again in autumn.
Pairs well with Purple top, Baby's breath, and Vermillionaire cuphea.
Native range
Australia.