Dusty Miller
- Botanical Name
- Senecio cineraria
- Hardiness
- Hardy annual
- Height
- 6 to 15 inches
- Width
- 8 to 11 inches
- Flowers
- Grown for foliage - remove yellow flowers as they appear
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 8 to 12 inches apart
- Trim back leggy plants
- Frost tolerant
- Drought tolerant
- Problems
- Root and stem rot
- Varieties
- Cirrus - compact 6", rounded - solid leaves
- Hoar Frost - 12" finely cut leaves
- Silver Dust - 8" finely cut leaves
- Snow Crystals - improved
- Snow Storm - strap-llike leaves, more tufted
- New Look - very white, oak-like leaf shape, 8-10"
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