Jacobaea maritima seed
LATIN NAME: Jacobaea maritima
COMMON NAME: Dusty Miller
The dusty miller is the silver lace of the summer border, and the small, yellow flowers open in the loose clusters above the fine, silver leaves. The low, bushy, perennial plant carries the deeply lobed, felted, silvery-white leaves and the small, yellow, daisy-like flower heads in the loose clusters through the summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the border. The plant is a fine, generous presence of the sunny bed, and it is a plant of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The dusty miller is a bright subject of the plant science, and the silver leaves keep showing up in the work on the felted ornamentals. The way the fine, felted hairs of the leaves hold the silver sheen and the dry ground has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the silver-foliage plants, the drought-tolerant ornamentals and the members of the daisy family. The deeply lobed leaves and the low, bushy habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the dusty miller is a regular subject of the work on the silver lace of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The dusty miller is a fine, generous plant of the sunny border and the summer bed. The deeply lobed, felted, silvery-white leaves hold the fine, silver lace through the season, one of the fine, bright sights of the border, setting off the bold colours of the summer bedding, and the small, yellow, daisy-like flower heads open above the leaves. The plant stands the heat, the drought and the poor ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the sunny border, the silver bed and the summer container. It has been written up in the horticultural papers for the silver lace and the easy ways, and it is a fine, generous plant of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
Cut the old stems back in the early summer and the fresh, silver lace will come again from the base.
To grow the dusty miller from seed, sow the small, flat seeds over the surface of a tray of damp seed compost, without covering them, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings thread up within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the well-drained ground, the silver lace will hold through the summer.
Jacobaea maritima Senecio cineraria Dusty Miller