Santolina serratifolia
Santolina serratifolia
Santolina serratifolia
Cotton Lavender
Good recovery in a flower bed in full sun; survived the winter without any issues; didn't have any flowers in the year of planting, so I'm looking forward to admiring them this summer.
Mélanie, 12/04/2021
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Description
Santolina serratifolia is a very pretty botanic santolina, which forms a beautiful cushion woven from particularly dense foliage, finely cut, silver-grey and pleasantly fragrant when crushed. Unlike many others, this santolina forms upright stems and not prostrate ones, giving it a very neat habit. This evergreen and hardy Mediterranean shrub is drought-tolerant and well-suited to rocky soils, withstands pruning well, and forms a very attractive and easy-to-maintain ground cover. It thrives on dry and poor slopes, undisturbed under the sun and heat.
Santolina serratifolia is an undershrub native to Spain and southern France. This woody perennial belongs to the asteraceae family. It forms a rounded clump of 40 cm (16in) in all directions, sometimes more, depending on the growing conditions and soil type. Its woody and upright stems create a dense framework, allowing it to form beautiful, regular cushions covered with small, persistent and fragrant foliage, exuding a scent reminiscent of olive oil and turpentine. The tiny leaves are finely cut, grey-silver and arranged alternately on greyish stems. The inflorescences appear in summer, from June to August. They are small, round and bulging flower heads, resembling small golden yellow buttons. It is advisable to prune the plant after flowering to maintain a compact habit.
This beautiful undershrub for rock gardens and poor soils is perfectly adapted to drought. It particularly dislikes heavy, rich and moist soils, wet in summer. Create a bed to accompany your santolina, evoke the scrubland, by mixing the foliage and scents of rockroses, lavenders, rosemary, thymes, and salvias. Add Californian poppies, catananches, and dryland euphorbias for some dynamism in your composition. Santolinas tolerate pruning very well. It is even essential to maintain a compact habit. They can be planted along pathways, kept as low hedges, or placed in the middle of a rock garden for a silver touch. They are a very good ground cover that prevents the germination of weeds.
Properties: Santolines have vermifuge and insecticidal properties. Like lavender, they were once used to repel moths in closets.
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Santolina
serratifolia
Asteraceae
Cotton Lavender
Mediterranean
Planting and care
Santolina serratifolia requires well-drained, rocky or sandy, poor, even slightly chalky soil. Plant it after the last frost in the north, and in September-October in a hot and dry climate. It cannot thrive without sunlight and likes to have warm roots. When planted in overly rich soil, it becomes limp and lacks rigidity. In poor and well-drained soil, it is hardy down to -12/-15°C (10.4/5°F) and will live longer. Install it in a raised bed enriched with gravel, in a rock garden, in full sun against a south-facing wall, on a rocky or sandy slope, or any substrate that does not retain moisture that would be fatal to it in winter or summer, which is its dormant period. The combination of heat and humidity leads to the development of a fungus that attacks the collar of the plant and will cause its death as much as a Siberian cold. It is essential to cut back the stems after flowering to maintain a compact shape.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
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