Lavender Cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus · Shrub
Lavender Cotton is a moderate-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 6-9, that matures to about 1–2 ft × 2–3 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, occasionally-dry and very-dry soil. Expect yellow, silver and white blooms in summer. It stands up well to salt.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 1–2 ft × 2–3 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry, Very-dry
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Silver, White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Tough against
- Salt
- Native to
- Western and central Mediterranean
Will it survive your winters?
We score Lavender Cotton’s freeze-trouble range against the real coldest nights your area has recorded.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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