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Perennial (herbaceous)Evergreen
Pterocephalus perennis
Wing head
Also known as Pterocephalus parnassi, Pterocephalus bellidifolium
- Height × spread
- 0.08m × 0.15m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This sweet little plant has blue-green foliage with somewhat spoon-shaped crinkled little leaves that have delicate toothy edges. There are pink flowers like those of a scabious which smother the foliage. The seed heads are round and fluffy.
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green
- Fruit colour
- Beige
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.08m
- Spread
- 0.15m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Rock garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- 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.