Ammobium
Daisy family
Compositae
Am-moe'bi-um. A small genus of Australian herbs, valued as an everlasting because its white blossoms do not fade with age.
Description
Leaves white, felty, alternate or basal. Flowers yellow, in chaffy heads that are solitary at the ends of the small branches and surrounded by silvery white bracts. No ray flowers.
How to Grow
Easily grown in ordinary garden soil. Start seeds indoors and set out when night temperatures are above 50° F (10° C). Before flowers are mature, cut and hang with heads down in a shady, cool place; when dry, they will hold their color almost indefinitely. This species prefers warm weather.
Ammobium alatum
Winged Everlasting
. Bushy, to 3 ft. (1 m) high, the branches prominently winged. Heads 1 Ɖ in. (4 cm) wide, the bracts petal-like and silvery white. Australia. Cultivar 'Grandiflora' has larger heads. Will self-sow in sandy soil. Tender perennial grown as a tender annual.
