Grey Cottonheads Seed Mod Frost & Drought Hardy

Grey Cottonheads

Conostylis candicans

This plant is not on the Australian Noxious Weed List.

A native of south western West Australia and a close relative of the Kangaroo Paw, this plant prefers light soils with excellent drainage in an open, sunny position. It is very drought hardy but may abort flowers in these conditions and it will tolerate a few points of frost. 

Perhaps the best known of the Genus, this plant is known to grow in all but humid, tropical climates. If soils are unsuitable, it makes an excellent pot plant using a cactus mix.

A perennial herb consisting of strap-like leaves arising from an underground rhizome. The bright, yellow flowers usually occur in clusters on  stalks which emerge from the base of the leaves. Flowering occurs in winter through to summer.

The leaves are white, woolly, flat, narrow and 30 cm long and can spread up to 50 cm in its natural habitat. It is the leaf colour that gives the plant its common name.

Offered is a packet of 25 seeds and Grownotes to assist you to cultivate this rarely seen native plant.

While not absolutely necessary, smoke treatment greatly improves the germination rate of this seed. Smoke treatment (which is available in my store) is the simple process of sprinkling treated vermiculite over the sown seeds.

All my seed is posted in bubble wrap protection.

A flat postage rate of $1.20 applies, regardless of the number of purchases made, provided they are on a combined invoice. All my seed is posted in bubble wrap.

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INTERNATIONAL BUYERS. Airmail postage is a flat rate of $2.30, regardless of the number of purchases, provided purchases are on a combined invoice.  A Certificate of Origin is provided free of charge.

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