Tanacetum densum subsp. amani
Prince of Wales feathers
Also known as Tanacetum densum 'Amani'
- Height × spread
- 0.15m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This plant has very finely dissected leaves so that they look as though a child has gone mad with snippy scissors. The leaves are basically tongue-shaped but with slender leaflets in paired layers. They have knobby edges, coloured silver. This makes a low, spreading foliage mound that is perfect in a dry garden, amongst rocks or tumbling over a sunny wall. There are small yellow flowers in summer which can be removed if not required as this is grown for the effect of its foliage. The plant originates in Turkey where it grows naturally in rocky and stony places.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Silver, White
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.15m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
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.
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.
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