Curry plant
Helichrysum italicum
Ground coverPlacenta
Production
A silver, curry-scented Mediterranean ground cover that pulls in pollinators and holds hot dry banks — tough, aromatic, quick to fill bare ground. It sulks in wet soil and is best treated as a replaceable pioneer.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Ground cover
- Lifecycle
- Placenta
- Soil preference
- Sandy, Rocky
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 8
- Min. temperature
- -10°C
- Min. rainfall
- 300 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Silver, curry-scented low mounding ground cover for hot dry banks and path edges; shear lightly after flowering to keep it compact and woody growth in check.
Watch out for
Corrected latin name from Helichrysum stoechas (a related but weaker-scented species) to H. italicum, the true curry plant. Short-lived and rots in wet or heavy soil; can self-seed on disturbed ground.
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