General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 10 to 16 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Dried Flower
Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Silver Spike
  • Tianshan Everlasting
  • Tianshan La Ju
  • Licorice Plant
  • French Toast Plant
Also sold as:
  • Icicle

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Location: Courtyard
Date: 2012
Location: Courtyard
Date: 2013-01-10
Still looks good as it grows even through the snowy days (see pot
Location: KALAMA WA 
Date: 2021-05-08
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Date: 2013-09-12
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-05-23
Zone 9b. This foliage of this cultivar has no aroma like the spec
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-29
Looks like H. italicum but foliage is not aromatic. Zone 9b.

Date: 2013-09-12

Date: 2013-09-12
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-04-30
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-04-30
Zone 9b.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-22
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