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Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lemon Queen'

 
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Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lemon Queen' - hen wraig, lavender cotton 'Lemon Queen'
Image: Stirton, Charles - NBGW
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Common name: hen wraig, lavender cotton 'Lemon Queen'
Family: Asteraceae
Distribution: Gardd/Garden
Hardiness: (H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form: Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn bytholwyrdd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Santolina (san-toh-LEE-nuh): Latin; derived from sanctum linum (holy flax), an old name for green lavender cotton.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: chamaecyparissus (kam-ee-ky-par-ISS-us): Means like Cypress, false cypress.
Description: An evergreen mound-forming shrub with silver-grey, finely divided, woolly aromatic leaves. In summer it produces pale yellow pompom-like flowers on thin stems, which are held above the foliage.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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