Santolina chamaecyparissus

cotton lavender

• Position: full sun
• Soil: poor to moderately-fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July and August
• Flower colour: bright yellow
• Other features: aromatic foliage
• Hardiness: frost hardy (will need protection in cold winters)
  
  A compact rounded shrub with woolly young shoots and (when crushed) aromatic, grey-white, foliage. In mid to late summer small, yellow button-like flowers hover above on wiry stems. Perfect for a sheltered, sunny, well-drained border or gravel garden.
  
  
• Garden care: Remove the faded flower-heads along with any straggly shoots in autumn. In early-spring cut back the flowered shoots to within 2.5cm (1in) of the old growth.