immortelle bio

Bracteantha bracteata, Asteraceae

syn. Helichrysum bracteatum, Xerochrysum bracteatum

immortelle with bracts, strawflower

The bracted immortelle is a popular straw flower as a fresh cut flower or in dry bouquets. It's a tender perennial grown as an annual, originally from Australia, where it grows naturally in rocky soil in full sun... which tells us something about its drought tolerance. We offer a multicolored mix of pearly white, pale pink, apricot, scarlet red and fuchsia.

Cut them off before the flowers have fully opened, strip them off and dry them hanging in an airy, dark corner to immortalize them in the dry, or leave them to delight foraging insects in the garden, where they will continue their show until the frosts. For a rather dry, sunny site. 0.6 - 0.9 m tall. 75-85 days to maturity.

about 65 seeds

Seeds certified organic by Québec Vrai,produced by Seeds of the Equinox in St-Chrysostome, Qc