Woolly Lavender Cotton Live Plant | Santolina chamaecyparissus | Silver Foliage Perennial Starter Plant

Add soft texture and year-round beauty to your garden with Woolly Lavender Cotton, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its silvery woolly foliage, compact mounding habit, and cheerful golden-yellow flowers. Botanically known as Santolina chamaecyparissus (sometimes listed as Santolina tomentosa chamaecyparissus), this evergreen Mediterranean perennial is ideal for borders, rock gardens, herb gardens, xeriscapes, and patio containers. Its aromatic foliage releases a pleasant herbal fragrance when gently touched. With proper care, it may produce blooms under suitable growing conditions.

Santolina chamaecyparissus thrives in full sun and well-draining soil. Its finely textured silver foliage provides outstanding contrast with flowering perennials and ornamental grasses, while bright yellow button-like flowers bloom above the foliage in summer, attracting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators. Once established, this drought-tolerant perennial is exceptionally easy to grow and requires minimal maintenance.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Woolly Lavender Cotton starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Woolly Lavender Cotton Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Soft silvery woolly evergreen foliage
• Bright golden-yellow button flowers
• Compact mounding growth habit
• May produce blooms under suitable growing conditions
• Pleasant aromatic herbal fragrance
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial pollinators
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Excellent for borders, rock gardens, herb gardens, and containers
• Low-maintenance Mediterranean perennial
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Santolina chamaecyparissus
• Common Name: Woolly Lavender Cotton, Lavender Cotton
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun
• Growing Media: Well-draining sandy, gravelly, or rocky soil
• Water: Water regularly during establishment, then allow the soil to dry between waterings
• Humidity: Low humidity preferred
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 6–9
• Mature Size: Approximately 12–24 inches tall and 18–24 inches wide, depending on growing conditions

🌼 Perfect For

• Mediterranean Gardens
• Rock Gardens
• Xeriscape Gardens
• Herb Gardens
• Cottage Gardens
• Borders
• Patio Containers
• Pollinator Gardens