Description

Anaphalis – Pearly everlasting

There are about 100 species of spreading to upright perennials growing anywhere from 6” to 30” tall some being evergreen, in this genus.  They derive from dry slopes, dry forest, sunny riverbanks or moist riverbanks in the Northern Hemisphere and in high altitudes in the tropics.  It produces narrow lance shaped woolly haired almost cobwebbed gray foliage.  It bears many tiny white ¼-1” wide flower heads that group together to form papery everlasting corymbs.  Good for drying or as cut flowers.

Grow in full sun or partial shade in moderately fertile gritty reasonable well-drained soil that does not dry out in summer.  Divide in early spring.

Prone to stem rot, rust, and Septoria leaf spot.

Anaphalis sinica subsp. Morii – This dwarf upright evergreen perennial grows 8” tall and 24” wide and derives from Mountains of China, Korea, and Japan.  It produces linear-lance shaped leaves ¾” long which are covered in a silver gray down.  In summer and early autumn it bears spherical corymbs 1 ¼-3” across of white flower heads surrounded by pointed white bracts.  It tolerates heavily soils and partial shade.

Zones 7-9