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Asteraceae
Curry Bush
Helichrysum italicum
Eternal memory.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helichrysum
- Native to
- Mediterranean Europe
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- evergreen shrub
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, sandy, poor
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 8-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Despite smelling strongly of curry, curry bush is not used to make curry powder — the similarity is coincidental.
- The flowers are 'everlasting' and retain their color and shape when dried, making them popular in dried arrangements.
- Its essential oil, called immortelle oil, is one of the most expensive in aromatherapy, used for skin healing.
- In Corsica and Sardinia, the plant grows wild on rocky hillsides and contributes to the aromatic scrubland called maquis.
- Ancient Greeks used Helichrysum in ceremonial garlands because the flowers symbolized immortality.
Color meanings
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everlasting devotion
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remembrance