Ammobium alatum – Winged Everlasting

Ammobium alatum - winged everlasting
Ammobium alatum - winged everlasting
Ammobium alatum - winged everlasting

Ammobium alatum is a showy perennial plant, with silvery foliage and abundant papery white flowers with large golden, contrasting centres. It flowers for a long period over summer, and they can be picked and dried, or used fresh in cut flowers arrangements. A hardy plant, though in harsh or frosty conditions it is best treated as an annual. It likes a sunny position, and goes well in a rockery, and is sensational for massed plantings and Australian native wildflower meadows. Propagation is from seed, division or cuttings. This plant is a food source for the painted lady butterfly.

Family : Asteraceae

Cultivar Name:

Plant Type : Small shrub

Width : 1

Flowering Time : Summer

Soil Type : Sandy, Loamy, Sandy loam, Clay loam, Poor soil

Climate Zone : Sub-tropical, Warm temperate, Cool temperate, Mediterranean, Semi-arid

Growth Habit : Evergreen

Soil Moisture : Well-drained

Special Uses : Cut flower, Pipe and drain friendly, Fast growing, Playground friendly

Scientific Name: Ammobium alatum

Common Name : Everlasting Daisy

Height : 1.5

Flower Color : White, Gold

pH Level : Acid, Neutral, Alkaline

Plant Environment : Low maintenance garden, Cottage garden, Flower garden

Light : Sunny, Light shade

Lifespan : Annual, Biennial, Perennial

Frost Tolerance : Tolerates light frost

Attracts Wildlife : Bees, Butterflies, Other insects