Ajania pacifica
Gold and silver chrysanthemum, Pacific gold and silver chrysanthemum
Also known as Dendranthema pacifica, Chrysanthemum pacificum
- Height × spread
- 0.3m × 0.6m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
An unusual and eye-catching plant with intriguing foliage that is appealing in its own right. The leaves are a pale silvered green, white edged with a silken surface. The upward-facing clusters of leaves with their softly lobed edges have an elegant, yet fervent look. The flowers come in late summer and autumn and are good-sized clusters of bright yellow button-blooms. Individually they look like miniature chrysanthemums. It is pleasing in a container but needs poor, easy draining soil and a sunny position to thrive. It is drought tolerant when established.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green, Silver, White
- Variegated
- Yes
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.6m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- 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.
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.