Position
Full Sun to Semi Shade. Prefers open, bright locations.
Yellow Buttons (Common everlasting) - Chrysocephalum apiculatum
A fast growing native groundcover with masses of bright yellow button like blooms. Perfect for borders, rockeries, and low water Melbourne gardens.
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Quick Facts
Size
Approx. 30cm-60cm high × 60cm-1m wide. Dense, Prostrate, Spreading habit.
Water
Low, drought tolerant once established.
Uses
Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Embankment, Erosion Control, Foliage Feature / Colour, Groundcover, Habitat, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Park And Gardens, Playgrounds, Rockery, Roundabouts / Splitters, Verge, Container / Pot, Native Garden, Under Trees.
Description
Chrysocephalum apiculatum, also known as Yellow Buttons or Common Everlasting, is a hardy, fast growing Australian native perennial. It features silvery green foliage topped with clusters of small, golden yellow, button like flowers that bloom from spring through late autumn. Ideal for adding cheerful colour and texture to garden borders, native landscapes, and rockeries, it thrives in well drained soils and sunny positions throughout Melbourne.
Key Features:
Growing & Care Guide
- Soil: Prefers sandy or loamy, well drained soil. Avoid waterlogging.
- Light: Full sun for best flowering, tolerates semi shade.
- Watering: Water to establish, then low water needs.
- Fertiliser: Light feed with native slow release fertiliser in spring.
- Maintenance: Trim lightly after flowering to promote dense growth.
- Flowering: Blooms from spring through late autumn.
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