Celmisia angustifolia part x The leaves are like beetle

The leaves are like beetle wing cases

I have it as a layer of grey under my special plants in my rock garden in large swathes

Easy and vigorous

Prefers a damp spot

flowering happily and so prettily

Celmisia angustifolia part x The leaves are like beetleOne you can grow. Strap leaved Daisy. Vigorous subshrub to 25cm tall rapidly growing to 1. 5m in diameter in the wild. Here it actually survives and gets bigger. Leaves entire, smooth, grey above, white below, narrow, about 4cm long. Flower heads 3. 5cm. Seems tough in shade or semi shade to keep it cool here. A moist well drained position. Small plants in a 7cm pot. Photographed just inside the bush, you can see the celmisia (C. discolor) is happy