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Asteraceae
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Also known as Life everlasting, Helichrysum margaritaceum, Cottonweed, Immortelle
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wildflower · Native · Dried Flowers · Pollinator · Asteraceae · Meadow · Cottage Garden · White Flowers · Everlasting · Butterfly Garden
Pearly everlasting is a charming North American native wildflower prized for its papery white, pearl-like flower heads that retain their appearance when dried. It thrives in average to poor, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade and spreads steadily by rhizomes to form attractive colonies. Deadheading is not required — harvesting stems for dried flower arrangements is the best way to keep the plant tidy.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East Himalaya, France, Germany
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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