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Lavender Cotton is one tough plant. I love the scent of the foliage and the charming little yellow flowers. I use it often in my low-water garden designs. As Annie indicated, Lavender Cotton does tend to get woody. I recommend trimming it after it blooms and when the foliage gets a little overgrown. In Spring and Summer it bounces back beautifully. Note: After trimming it can be a little unsightly. To remedy that, I sometimes like to have it placed a little further back in the garden and also have a lower growing/evergreen plant placed in front of it!
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Greenthumz
I've been looking for a replacement for stachys gray color. Do you know if this does well in SW Fl? Most people here have only annual artemesias.
   
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Barbara Loyd
Another plus is that deer don't eat this one.
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