Billy Buttons Plant

9 11 can be grown as annuals in other zones.

Billy buttons plant. They also make excellent dried flower because they are quite durable and hold their color very well. They naturally grow in rather swampy places so need a moist but well drained soil to be at their best. Commonly known as billy button or drumstick craspedia is considered a half hardy annual here in the united states. The golden yellow globe shaped flowers are also known as woollyheads.

Perfect spheres of butter yellow rise above the slender silver foliage throughout spring and summer. Pycnosorus globosus billy buttons a member of the asteraceae daisy family is a dense ground cover with a spread of at least 50 centimetres. Craspedia also known as billy buttons is a beautiful plant that originates from australia. Craspedia is a member of the daisy family that is distinguished by its rosette of leaves and yellow spherical flowers.

They are native to australia and new zealand where they grow in a variety of habitats from sea level to the alps. Soft leaves are grey long and narrow. Related to the daisy billy buttons are an erect herb growing to a height of 50cm. The flower heads are tough and durable making an exceptional dried flower.

This australian native will grow in any soil and has long stems with flowers perched on top. A tough transplanter that will dig lift and. Billy buttons are very popular with florists for cut flowers. Craspedia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family commonly known as billy buttons and woollyheads.

It generally blooms all summer long and is very popular for cutting and drying. The plant forms the rosette of leaves and yellow spherical flowers that resemble small tennis balls and are very decorative. Craspedia blooms year round in hot climates. A large number of flowers appear in spring and summer.

Golden globular flower heads are carried above the foliage on long stems. Its most current scientific name. It blooms year round in warm climates and can grow up to 4 24 inches tall depending on the variety. The genus is found in every state of australia except the northern territory.

Long flowering from spring to summer on a narrow rosette of leaves which are covered in woolly hairs. These flowers look pretty much like tennis balls. Craspedia globosa also known as drumstick flower or billy buttons produces a golden yellow display of spherical flowers that often reach the size of tennis balls. Checking stock please wait.