Name: Santolina Green

Botanical Name: Santolina chamaecyparissus 'virens'

Zone: 5-11

Soil: Moist, well drained.

Exposure: Full Sun

Bloom Time and Color: Pale yellow blooms in late spring to mid summer.

Description: Evergreen. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies or birds. Similar to lavender cotton but narrower, deep green leaves. Grows to 18 inches and tolerates more water than gray leafed Santolina. Plants look like puffs of green smoke. Tiny, creamy, chartriuse colored flowers are on tall stalks from stems. Attractive, fragrant, low growing border plant often used in rock gardens. Probably one of the best plants for low hedges and knot gardens.

Care: Trim back after flowering to encourage new growth and to keep plant compact. Easiest to grow of all the santolinas.