Phylica ericoides

Name: Phylica ericoides
Brand: BotanicalDryGarden
Price: 18.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

€18,00

Quantity

Anti-spiraling pots

Quick attachment

Low water requirement

Ready to plant

Phylica ericoides, also known as "silk grass", is an evergreen shrub native to South Africa, prized for its delicate habit and velvety foliage. This ornamental plant is perfect for Mediterranean, rocky, or coastal gardens, thanks to its resistance to difficult conditions and its ability to add elegance and lightness to any green space. With its ethereal appearance, Phylica ericoides is an ideal choice for those who desire a refined and low-maintenance garden.

Features

Phylica ericoides is a compact and dense shrub that reaches a height of 50-70 cm, with a rounded and tidy crown. Its leaves are small, needle-like and velvety to the touch, bright green with silvery highlights, giving the plant a luminous and distinctive appearance.

During spring and summer, this plant adorns itself with small cream-white flowers, which emerge among the foliage creating a soft and decorative effect. Phylica ericoides is extremely hardy: it thrives in poor, sandy or rocky soils, and is highly tolerant of drought and salt spray, making it ideal for Mediterranean and coastal gardens. Its slow growth and tidy habit also make it perfect for small green spaces or for growing in pots.

Phylica ericoides combines harmoniously with other Mediterranean and xerophytic plants to create refined and hardy arrangements. For an elegant visual effect, pair it with plants with silvery foliage such as Helichrysum italicum or Santolina chamaecyparissus, or with ornamental grasses such as Stipa tenuissima, which add movement and contrast.

For a touch of colour, pair it with plants with vibrant flowers such as Gaura lindheimeri or Lavandula angustifolia, creating a sophisticated and always interesting garden. Thanks to its salt tolerance, it is also ideal for coastal borders or rock gardens, where it can be used as a single plant or in more structured combinations.

In spring and summer it adorns itself with small cream-white flowers, which emerge from the foliage creating a soft and decorative effect.

Thrives in full sun and in poor, sandy or rocky soils. The velvety foliage with silvery highlights is complemented by a high tolerance to drought and salt; slow growth and low maintenance, also suitable for pots.

It blends harmoniously with the silvery foliage of Helichrysum italicum and Santolina chamaecyparissus, the lightness of Stipa tenuissima and vibrant blooms such as Gaura lindheimeri and Lavandula angustifolia.

Shipping

Italy: delivery within 48/72 hours of shipping.
International: delivery within a maximum of 5 days.
We ship from Monday to Wednesday: so that the plants only travel on weekdays and do not sit in the courier's warehouses over the weekend. Orders received from Thursday to Sunday will be shipped the following Monday.
Packaging designed for live plants, to ensure they arrive in good condition.

When you receive the delivery or hold-for-collection notice, please collect the package as soon as possible: plants suffer if they remain closed in the box for too long.

Returns and damaged plants

Right of withdrawal within 14 days of receipt, as provided for by the Consumer Code. The product must be returned intact and in its original packaging; return shipping costs are borne by the customer.
Plant arrived damaged? Please let us know within 7 days of receipt, with a few photos of the plant and the packaging: we will assess a replacement or refund together.

All the details are in the Terms of Sale and the withdrawal form. If you have any questions, write to us.

Phylica ericoides

€18,00

WHAT MAKES OUR PLANTS DIFFERENT

Long anti-spiraling vases

A traditional lawn is a fragile monoculture: it drinks thousands of liters of water every summer, needs mowing every week, and turns yellow as soon as you neglect it. An alternative lawn turns this logic on its head: instead of grasses, we use Mediterranean groundcovers selected in our nursery—low, dense, and hardy plants, born for hot and dry climates.

The result is a green, walkable carpet that blooms for months, withstands drought, salt spray, and frost, and reduces watering and maintenance by 80%. It is not an aesthetic compromise: it is a more beautiful, more vibrant lawn that is more honest with the environment.