lavender cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Broad
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
Lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus) is a shrub for borders, containers, hedges, and xeriscape. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. The gray-silver leaves are fragrant and stay on the plant all year. Yellow flowers appear in spring, summer, and autumn.
Pairs well with Chaste tree, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Blue star creeper.
Native range
Western and central Mediterranean.