Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Coco'
Paper daisy, Straw daisy
Also known as Bracteantha bracteatum 'Coco', Helichrysum 'Coco'
- Height × spread
- 0.5m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
These are 'everlasting' flowers, meaning that they retain much colour and shape once they have been dried. Even when alive the flowers have a distinctly crispy feel. The plant makes a good foliage mound with silver green oblong leaves and huge daisy flowers. A distinctive feature is the wonky gold heart that has been outlined on every flower. The plant flowers from June right through to Christmas. It can take a dry shaded site, though everything about it says 'sunshine'.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green, Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Cube
- Height
- 0.5m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Mediterranean garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Rabbit resistant
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Planting & general
Planting
Deadhead blooms during flowering season
Remove flowers as they turn brown and fade. Snip the stem just below the bloom. This will keep the plant tidy and encourage more flowers.
The removal of spent flowers encourages the plant to produce fresh ones, rather than spend its energy on the development of seeds.