Cotton lavender
Santolina chamaecyparissus
In Dutch: Heiligenkruid
ShrubsCollection: Ornamental plants and Mediterranean
Size and growth
- Mature height
- 0,5 m
- Mature spread
- 0,8 m
- Height as sold
- about 15–25 cm
- Full grown after
- 2–4 years
Position and care
- Position
- sun
- Water needs
- low
- Evergreen
- yes, keeps its leaves
- Flower colour
- yellow
- Climbs
- no
- Winter-hardy
- yes
- Bees & butterflies
- yes, a good nectar plant
- Hay fever
- not or weakly allergenic
- Poisonous
- mildly poisonous
- Pricks or stings
- no
- Maintenance
- average
Through the year
- Leaf
- all year
- Flower
- July to August
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit