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Senecio cineraria

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Senecio Cineraria
The best-known shrubby member of this very large and varied genus is Senecio greyii, a grey-leaved evergreen about 3 ft. high and becoming considerably broader than this with age.

 


Senecio cineraria
( Dusty Miller )
This annual is grown for its attractive silver-grey foliage and mounding form. Can over winter and act like a perennial in warmer areas, or if mulched heavily. Shear or pinch back plants if they become leggy.

Senecio cineraria is a mound forming subshrub that is grown as an annual in cool areas and in areas that experience wet summers. The leaves are silver-gray and woolly, like felt. They are shallowly to deeply incised.

Senecio cineraria is native to Africa, Asia and Europe.
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Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima
Family: Asteraceae / Compositae
Dusty Miller, Silver Ragwort
Origin: Central America ...

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Senecio cineraria (syn. S. maritima), Asteraceae, DUSTY MILLER
Leaves alternate, 2-6 inches long, stiff, white-woolly, pinnately cut. Flowers are small, ½ inch diameter, yellow or cream colored, borne in corymb-like groups of 10-12 in late summer.

Perennial, Senecio Cineraria
Dusty Miller are an easy to grow perennial. Dusty Miller is grown for it's silvery-gray, fern-like foliage.

Dusty Miller
Senecio cineraria
1 to 2'
1'
Sun or part shade; well-drained soil; tolerates moderate drought.

Dusty Miller (Senecio Cineraria) - A fine-leaved, half-shrubby perennial from the Mediterranean coast, where it grows from 1 1/2 to 3 feet in height, with much-cut silvery leaves and clustered heads of yellow flowers late in summer.

Dusty miller (Senecio cineraria, Senecio bicolor cineraria, Cineraria maritima)
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Othonna maritima, Senecio cineraria, Senecio bicolor
Asteraceae
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Silverdust Dusty Miller [English]: Senecio cineraria 'Silver Dust'
Silverdust English Ivy [English]: Hedera helix 'Silverdust'
Silveredge Pincushion [English]: Leucospermum patersonii
Silvergrass [English]: Miscanthus transmorrisonensis ...

It is the most important disease of salsify and scorzonera, and is found on ornamentals such as Senecio cineraria, gerbera, florist's cineraria (Pericallis Ã- hybrida) and sunflower.

Adding texture are several spiky dracaenas (Cordyline albertii) that contrast strikingly with white 'I Bless' reblooming iris. Silver dusty miller (Senecio cineraria 'New Look') adds yet another thread to the panoply of shapes, forms, and colors.

Senecio cineraria (Dusty Miller)
Senecio coccineiflorus
Senecio confusus (Mexican Flame Vine)
Senecio crassissimus
Senecio cruentus (Cineraria)
Senecio cylindricus
Senecio deflersii (Pickle Plant)
Senecio ficoides
Senecio flaccidus var.

See also: Cineraria, Senecio, Dusty Miller, Green, May

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