Description
Fairly new to cultivation though it has been known since 1926 when it was named, by Mrs. L. Bolus from Natal.
This is a smaller species, reaching only about 100 cm tall here with thin, grass-like leaves sitting below arching stems. Soft cream or primrose-yellow buds open to gorgeous, conical bells with pewter anthers. Silvery bracts behind the flowers continue the metallic theme, giving a wonderfully “silvery” appearance and it is from these silvery bracts that the name argyreum derives.
Most of the illustrations on the internet show white-flowered plants and we are showing a white flowered form however flower colour is NOT diagnostic. This stock contains some forms with white flowers (as shown) but many are pink and white flowers are not a fixed characteristic of the silvery form and the plants may be white, pale-pink or darker pink. All of the colour forms however have silvery white bracts behind the flowers.
Flowering starts in July and continues until Autumn. Likes full sun, a good rich soil and good drainage but not difficult.
Picture, edited to fit it in here, is from peganum at Wikipedia, with thanks, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license
