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Moe's Gold Licorice Plant

Moe's Gold Licorice Plant

HELICHRYSUM argyrophyllum 'Moe's Gold'

Blooms Summer through Fall
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Common Name(s)
Licorice Plant
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Perennial Zones
9
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
1'–2'
Max Spread
18"-24"
Special Features
Ground cover
Garden Design Role
Ground cover
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Ground cover
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Yellow
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Silver
Themes
Fire, Sunset
Genus
Helichrysum
Family
Asteraceae
Ship Size
4"

Moe's Gold Licorice Plant is grown for its foliage first: small woolly leaves in a metallic silver-gray, packed along trailing stems into a low evergreen mat that catches the light all day. Small golden daisy heads rise above it from summer into fall. Helichrysum argyrophyllum 'Moe's Gold' ships as a live 4-inch plant.

Silver is the great peacemaker in a hot planting; set this below bronze and orange and it cools the whole scheme down. It spills over retaining walls and container edges, carpets a sunny bank, and holds the line in rock gardens and dry borders. Wind, coastal exposure, deer and rabbits all leave it largely alone. Give it full sun and sharp, gritty drainage.

Design note: Those golden heads are true everlastings, holding their color as they dry, which is how the genus earned the name Helichrysum, from the Greek for sun and gold.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zone 9 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Perennial Zone: 9
  • Special: Ground cover

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