Eriocephalus africanus

Name: Eriocephalus africanus
Brand: BotanicalDryGarden
Price: 18.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

€18,00

Quantity

Anti-spiraling pots

Quick attachment

Low water requirement

Ready to plant

Eriocephalus africanus is an evergreen shrub native to South Africa, highly prized in Mediterranean and low-maintenance gardens for its compact habit and silvery foliage, which adds brightness to compositions. It is often compared to rosemary, but stands out for its softer, woollier leaves and abundant, delicate flowering, which, once finished, gives way to soft, feathery fruits resembling small white puffs.

Features

It is a hardy, rustic, and low-maintenance plant that thrives in well-drained, poor soils, even rocky or sandy ones. Perfect in mixed Mediterranean beds, coastal gardens, arid embankments, or as an ornamental border. It tolerates wind, drought, and salt spray well, making it ideal for maritime environments.

It pairs well with Lavender, Santolina, Helichrysum, Teucrium, Rosemary, and other silvery Mediterranean species.

Between February and May, it produces an abundant and delicate bloom of small white-pink flowers, which then give way to soft, feathery fruits resembling white puffs.

It wants full sun and well-drained, poor soils, even stony or sandy ones. Hardy and low-maintenance, it tolerates wind, drought and salt spray well, ideal for coastal areas.

It pairs well with other silvery Mediterranean species such as lavender, santolina, helichrysum, teucrium and rosemary.

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.

Eriocephalus africanus

€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.