| Description | A cultivar of Dusty Miller with leaves shaped like Oak leaves. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
| Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | Very cold tolerant surviving all but the hardest of frosts. Have over wintered for me in hardiness zone #5b. |
| Flowers | small yellow, daisy-like, seldom occur and should be removed because they detract from the plant |
| Leaves | covered with a dense gray-white woolly hair (tomentose), leaves of this cultivar are less divided and resemble an Oak leaf |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | A very large genus native to the Mediterranean. |
| Misc Facts | Senecio is from Latin senex for old, referring to gray and wooly seeds. The species name cinerraria is Latin for ash, referring to the foliage color. |
| Author's Notes | This plant has a duel purpose. First it is cold tolerant providing foliage color deep into the fall. Secondly the gray color is a foil for strong colors and mixes well in almost all garden designs. |
| Notes & Reference | #28-Cottage Garden Annuals(Clive Lane), #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #76-Annuals for Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson) |
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