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Plant: Maritima Silverdust Dusty Miller
Dusty Miller · Jacobaea maritima
Size: 18 Count Tray
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More about this plant
Maritima Silverdust dusty miller forms bushy, uniform mounds of finely cut, silvery-white, velvety leaves about 10 inches tall and wide, grown for foliage that adds contrast and texture to beds, borders and container plantings. It prefers full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soil, and is heat- and drought-tolerant once established; removing the small blooms promotes foliage growth, and heavy shade makes plants leggy.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 1.5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Maritima Silverdust dusty miller forms bushy, uniform mounds of finely cut, silvery-white, velvety leaves about 10 inches tall and wide, grown for foliage that adds contrast and texture to beds, borders and container plantings. It prefers full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soil, and is heat- and drought-tolerant once established; removing the small blooms promotes foliage growth, and heavy shade makes plants leggy.
- Flowers
- Small daisy-like cream to yellow flowers with a golden-yellow center disk, about 1.5 inches wide, in loose clusters in summer and fall; removing the blooms promotes foliage growth.
- Foliage
- Woolly, silvery, soft and velvety leaves that are finely dissected and pinnately lobed, lower leaves more deeply cut than upper ones.
- Fruit
- A smooth, cylindrical achene with a pappus, up to 7 mm long.
- Pruning
- Removing blooms promotes foliage growth.
- Native range
- Western and Central Mediterranean
