Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight'
Liquorice plant
Also known as Helichrysum petiolare 'Aureum'
- Height × spread
- 0.6m × 1m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
Availability
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About this plant
This low growing, woolly, plant is often grown as an annual. It has pale, lime-green foliage, an unusual colour that can make quite an impact and a curiously rigid habit. They are often seen projecting out from a low wall or container, when the long, angled stems have a curious charm all of their own. If you want less of this, you will need to prune it back hard in August before it really gets going.
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.6m
- Spread
- 1m
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Mediterranean garden, Gravel garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Bedding plant, Structural, Deer resistant
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - mid · Planting
Prune young growth
Remove most of the young growth that the plant has made in the previous season. Leave just around 2 centimetres of young growth on the plant. Don't cut into old wood unless it is diseased or damaged.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
Compost · Planting
Multi-purpose compost
Use a good quality peat-free multi-purpose compost when growing in pots and containers.
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