Helichrysum italicum 'Miel et Curry'

Common name(s): honey and curry plant

Description: evergreen shrub; a compacy selection by Olivier Fillipi of Pépinière Filippi in France for its especially fragrant flowers on hot summer days. Grows into a low mound of pleasantly aromatic, silver foliage that smells of curry spices when brushed. This is not the curry leaf popular in South Asian cuisine (see Murraya koenigii) but it is used very sparingly in medicine and some cuisines around the Mediterranean. 

Height: to 2 ft. Spread: to 3 ft.

Position: full sun and lean, well-draining soil

Uses: medicine, culinary- used sparsely in some Mediterranean cuisine, ornamental

Winter Hardiness: to 5 F and below

Drought: adapted to 5 months of summer drought