Holy flower, cypress herb, olive herb - pot 13cm (Santolina rosmarinifolia)
Heiligenbloem
€4.00 per unit
Product information "Holy flower, cypress herb, olive herb - pot 13cm (Santolina rosmarinifolia)"
Plant with fresh green leaves and small creamy-yellow flowers. Stems and leaves smell and taste surprisingly like pickled olives and have many culinary applications.
CULTIVATION TIPS:
This striking perennial is well suited to "the south-facing garden. It requires a sunny, warm spot on soil that is not too poor and outside the shadow zone of trees and shrubs. This herb can also be used as a border plant and tolerates fairly dry soils. Relatively dry habitat in moderately nutrient-rich soil.
CULINARY:
The aroma smells remarkably of pickled olives. A real delicacy with Mediterranean pasta dishes, pizza, pestos leaf salads, antipasta and tomato mozzarella. Also ideal for pickling olives and gherkins. Also try baked potatoes with rosemary and olive herb. Really delicious!
HARVEST AND STORAGE:
The more harvested, the bushier the plant becomes.
VARIA:
Try olive herb in prosecco. Just put a few 5cm long stems of the olive herb in the glasses. Not only deorative, but ok a caress for the tongue.
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Hedge plant |
|---|---|
| Average number per m²: | 6 |
| Average number per running meter: | 5 |
| Bloom Month: | July, August |
| Bloom color: | Yellow |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| Dutch plant name: | Heiligenbloem, Heiligenkruid, Olijvenkruid |
| English plant name: | Holy Flax |
| Flower color - details: | Yellow |
| Frost hardiness - details: | Medium (a) (-12 till -9°c), usda zone 8a |
| Frost resistance: | Moderately winter hardy |
| Fruit: | Unknown - n/a |
| Full grown plant height: | 40-50 cm |
| German plant name: | Grünblättriges Heiligenkraut, Heiligenblume, Heiligenkraut, Olivenkraut |
| Growth habit : | Unknown - n/a |
| Growth habit - details: | Spherical, woody |
| Humidity/Soil: | Dry soil |
| Humidity/Soil - details: | Withstands drought well |
| Latin plant family: | Compositae |
| Leaf / Foliage: | Fine-leaved, Green, Evergreen, Incised |
| Leaf / foliage - details: | Evergreen, green, fine incised, parfumed when touching |
| Location: | Halfshadow, Full sun |
| Location - details: | Sun till half-shade |
| Minimum growing height (in cm): | 30 |
| Plant characteristic: | Aromatic, Sea wind proof |
| Plant family: | Composite family |
| Planting distance: | 4-5 pieces per running meter (20-25 cm apart), 5-7 pieces per m² (38-45 cm apart) |
| Pruning period: | March, July |
| Synonym / Trade name: | Santolina virens, Santolina virides, Santolina viridis |
| Winter foliage: | Leaf-holding |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 50 |
| type of crop: | Semi-shrub |
| type of soil: | Dry soil, Normal soil, Sand soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Any good garden soil |
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