Postage : Seeds only $4 / Plants $20
A handsome sage demanding a hot, dry, exposed position where it will form a long lived, low woody shrub, clothed in intense silvery white lance shaped leaves. In spring thousands of small white flowers in dense tapering heads tower over the foliage on sturdy stems up to 2m high. The entire plant is highly aromatic, some might say pungent, smelling to me not unlike burnt rubber but considered lovely by many, especially bees who find the flowers irresistible.
Easily among the best silver foliaged plants of all time, although it really is more white than silver.
Try an un-irrigated super silver garden with others such as Centaurea cineraria, Epilobium canum subsp. canum and Salvia dorrii.
Superb on road verges or against rammed earth walls where it looks right at home.
Water until established and then at your own risk, an occasional summer watering is beneficial. Otherwise tolerant of any well drained soil.
Best on the west coast. Not suitable for areas with high summer humidity (coastal Sydney northwards) but should fair well in the less humid interior.