Quantity
Approximately 50 seeds
Exposure
Sun
Discover the plant
Family
Asteraceae
Type
Annual flower
Cycle
Annual
The organic mixed everlasting daisy is a vibrant annual that transforms the garden into a bright, colorful, and long-lasting palette throughout the summer. With its shimmering flowers in shades ranging from golden yellow to red, magenta, mauve, and white, Xerochrysum bracteatum creates vibrant flowerbeds that capture light with an almost silky intensity. Its abundant bloom adds remarkable relief to borders and flowerbeds, while attracting bees, butterflies, and other useful pollinators to the garden. Highly prized for making fresh bouquets and especially dried bouquets, it retains its shape and colors for a long time, extending the beauty of the season long after harvest. Easy to grow in the sun, it adapts to various well-drained soils and tolerates hot summers well, making it a reliable ally for amateur gardeners. Its upright and floriferous silhouette gives verticality to compositions while creating an impression of colorful lightness. In an ecological garden, it plays a valuable role in supporting biodiversity while offering an abundant ornamental harvest. It is a generous, decorative, and easy-to-grow annual flower, perfect for combining brilliance, texture, and long-lasting qualities in floral arrangements.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
0.3 cm (0.1 in)
Establishment temperature
20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F)
Establishment time
7 to 14 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun
Soil
Well drained
Watering
Moderate
Container growing
A controlledenvironment.
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Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodJuly to September
Harvest80 to 90 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionsMarigold, cosmos, zinnia
Avoid planting withNone
Fresh bouquet, dried bouquet, flowerbed, pollinators, ornamental garden
