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Halimium lasianthum (Lam.)
Spach 'Sandling'
Key Facts
 | Flower colour: yellow, sometimes with a dark blotch at the base of each
petal. These blotches vary in size and colour from plant to plant. There
are several un-named clones in the collection. |
| Flower diameter: 4cm |
| Height & Spread: 40cm x 2m+ |
| Habit: loose, spreading |
| Notes: hardy, floriferous, reliable. Attractive silvery foliage. Some of the best cultivars for the
garden. |
| Subspecies: subsp. alyssoides has greener, often
narrower leaves. Its flowers are unblotched. |
| Cultivars: 'Concolor' has unblotched petals; 'Formosum'
(below) has
a large purple-brown blotch (RHS Colour Chart ref. 187A) at the base of each petal; 'Sandling'
(above) has
similar crimson blotches (RHS Colour Chart ref. 185A); 'Hannay Silver' (lower) is much larger and more
vigorous, with silky-haired, silvery leaves and unblotched petals; subsp.
alyssoides 'Farall' (bottom) has flowers of a rich egg-yolk yellow. |
Halimium lasianthum 'Formosum'↑
Halimium lasianthum 'Hannay
Silver'↑
Halimium lasianthum subsp. alyssoides↑
Halimium lasianthum subsp. alyssoides
'Farall'↑
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