Description

Anaphalis – Pearly everlasting

There are about 100 species of spreading to upright perennials growing anywhere from 6” to 30” tall some being evergreen, in this genus.  They derive from dry slopes, dry forest, sunny riverbanks or moist riverbanks in the Northern Hemisphere and in high altitudes in the tropics.  It produces narrow lance shaped woolly haired almost cobwebbed gray foliage.  It bears many tiny white ¼-1” wide flower heads that group together to form papery everlasting corymbs.  Good for drying or as cut flowers. Grow in full sun or partial shade in moderately fertile gritty reasonable well-drained soil that does not dry out in summer.  Divide in early spring. Prone to stem rot, rust, and Septoria leaf spot. Anaphalis triplinervis – This clump forming perennial grows 30-36” inches tall and 18-24” wide and is found from the Himalayas to Southwestern China.  It produces spoon-shaped to egg shaped pale gray-green 2-4” long leaves with 3-5 prominent veins which have a white down.  In mid and late summer it bears domed corymbs 1 ½-2” across of tiny daisy-like flowers with yellow eyed flower heads. Zones 4-8