Santolina chamaecyparissus (Pot Size 10.5cm) Lavender Cotton sold by Boma Garden Centre

Lavender cotton is a charming evergreen Mediterranean shrub prized for its distinctive silvery-grey, finely divided aromatic foliage and bright yellow button-like flowers.The plant erupts into cheerful blooms from mid-summer, providing long-lasting colour in borders, rockeries and sun-baked spots.This easy-care shrub thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, tolerating poor, sandy soils and drought once established.It requires minimal watering once mature and benefits from a light trim after flowering to maintain its neat, rounded form.Hardy throughout the UK (H5), it copes with cold winters down to -15°C.Perfect for Mediterranean-style gardens, gravel gardens, xeriscapes and low-water landscaping schemes.