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One of my favorite plants. Very drought tolerant once established for me in California Zone 9b. Seems to like morning sun or dappled shade best. My original plant is 20+ years old now. New baby plants pop up from seed here and there once in a while, and are variegated too. Beautiful, showy, and fairly well behaved low maintenance plant for me. Great in a container or in the ground. Spider mites can be a problem once in a while when it gets hot here, but not much else bothers it. Leaves burn if grown in full sun with triple digit summer temps.

This plant self sows so aggressively here in California zone 9B that I pulled it out, and dug up or pulled all the new ones from gazillion seeds it dropped, and threw them all in the trash before they had a chance to spread further! The flowers are unique, but not that showy or exciting compared to the beautiful and well behaved Eryngium "Big Blue".

Isn't this plant's name "Senecio " also closely related to the more common Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria) plant? Both have very white soft fuzzy leaves.