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Icicles Licorice Plant Helichrysum thianschanicum

Flower Season
  • Fall
Mature Size
16" 20" 41cm 51cm
Height: 8" - 16"
Spread: 18" - 20"
Height: 20cm - 41cm
Spread: 46cm - 51cm
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  • Details

    8 - 16 Inches
    18 - 20 Inches
    18 - 20 Inches
    20cm - 41cm
    46cm - 51cm
    46cm - 51cm

    Features

    Long, elegant, intensely silver foliage

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    Foliage Interest
    Fall Interest
    Heat Tolerant
    Drought Tolerant

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    8 - 16 Inches 20cm - 41cm
    Spacing: 
    18 - 20 Inches 46cm - 51cm
    Spread: 
    18 - 20 Inches 46cm - 51cm
    Foliage Colors: 
    Silver
    Foliage Shade: 
    Silver
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Grown for Foliage
    Hardiness Zones: 
    9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Use in hanging baskets, beds, borders and window boxes

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Easy Care

  • 15 Reviews

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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • The plant in itself is amazing. However it attracted some sort of caterpillar and in less than 2 days it was covered in coccons at the tips of the new growth. I thought it was pest resistant as per research on google.

      Valerie Barbin
      , Quebec
      , Canada
      , 14 weeks ago
    • I like the color and fragrance. Very heat and drought tolerant and great for container gardening. It has survived a killing frost outside in the pot so far and still looks great, even though it has had no care.

      Douglas Cox
      , Massachusetts
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • I planted two small plantings of this between my roses and they have spread like wildfire even to places not directly beside the other plants. However we are in zone 5b and this "annual" is a perennial in our yard.

      Heather Ary
      , Ohio
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Russell Studebaker
      , Saskatchewan
      , Canada
      , 13 years ago
    • I absolutely love this plant. It was a first time addition in one of my flower beds this year and I fully plan on incorporating more on the property next year. Even today it is still thriving and beautiful despite the below zero temps this week.

      Alisa Walsh
      , New Brunswick
      , Canada
      , 13 years ago
    • Set as centerpieces in two 24" deck rail troughs with portulaca (wh rd yel & or) to either side. By Sept. plants fill the entire middle half, and stand 15" tall with minimal care. Portulaca colors are well set off, and look smart even into Autumn.

      Meg
      , Wisconsin
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • plant is doing well in a container, keeps it silver color in December.

      jab
      , Missouri
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Still looks beautiful and we've had frost and 30 degree temps.

      Diane Zimmerman
      , New Jersey
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • Planted last November - did beautifully. It's now August and all have died. This is in Zone 9B where I thought they were perennial.

      Zumbrook
      , Florida
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • This plant is easy to grow, smells great, even looks good in winter landscapes

      christine miller
      , Indiana
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
  • 4 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
    2005 Top Performer University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners
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