Graues Heiligenkraut

Landscape Uses:Border, Foundation, Ground cover, Massing, Rock garden, Seashore. An easy and undemanding plant that does not require a rich soil, though it strongly dislikes wet conditions around the roots. Prefers a light sandy fairly poor soil on a sunny slope. Prefers a chalky soil. Established plants are drought tolerant. They succeed in a hot dry position. Hardy to about -15°c when in a well-drained soil. A very wind hardy plant, it succeeds on the top of Cornish dry-stone walls. A very ornamental plant, there are several named varieties. Cotton lavender tolerates shearing so long as this is not done at times of low resistance (winter?). Plants can be cut back hard in spring to maintain their form, though this will prevent them flowering. A good companion plant for roses. Flowers are produced on two year old wood. The leaves are very aromatic. The bruised leaves are pleasantly pungent, though the flowers have an unpleasant smell. The form S. chamaecyparissus nana has a more pungent aroma than the type. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. Special Features: Attractive foliage, Fragrant foliage, Not North American native, Suitable for dried flowers.

Edible Parts: Edible Uses: Condiment The aromatic leaves are used as a flavouring for broths, sauces, grain dishes etc.

Disinfectant Dye Essential Hedge Hedge Pot-pourri Repellent Plants can be grown as a low formal hedge and used as an edging plant. The plant is very tolerant of shearing. In less exposed areas the plants can be trimmed in the autumn, otherwise they need to be cut by early April if they are to be allowed to flower. Plants can also be grown for ground cover. They are best spaced about 60cm apart each way. The leaves are strewn amongst clothes to repel moths etc. The growing plant repels various insect pests, especially cabbage moths. The dried leaves are used in pot-pourri. An essential oil from the leaves is used in perfumery, the oil is also obtained from the flowers.

Heimisch: Armenia | Manizales | Pasto, BR, Baleares, Corse, Cundinamarca, Ecuador, GR, Germany, Italy, Malesia, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., North America, Peru, Spain, TR Eingeführt: Albania, Arkansas, Belgium, Bulgaria, CZ, California, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, EC, Ecuador, England, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Flemish Region, France, GB, GE, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, IN, IT, Ireland, Kriti, Krym, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Moldova, Montenegro, New York, New Zealand, North Carolina, Northern Ireland, PT, Peru, Poland, Portugal, SE, Sardegna, Scotland, Sicilia, South Carolina, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Turkey (in Europe), Türkiye, Ukraine, Wales, Walloon Region, Zimbabwe