Real World Gardener Billy Buttons are in Plant of the Week

PLANT OF THE WEEK <p>Some plants you just love their flowers, some just have fabulous leaves, but here’s a plant, even though on the small side, packs a punch with bright golden flowers and grey leaves that would fit into any style garden.</p> <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nki_z2fn5hA/YFQzDP2c7EI/AAAAAAAAkVw/xwKcPN2RIdgq5OlgTtbLG7Ob3-bxsO6QgCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Billy%2BButtons.jpg'></a> <p>Scientific name:Craspedia globosus syn. Pycnosorus</p> Common name:Billy buttons, drumsticks. Flowers:  golden-yellow tennis ball like spheres made up of tiny flowers on long stalks 80cm-100cm Leaves: a rosette of grey green leaves above an underground rhizome.   Interesting fact: Billy Buttons were part of the flower arrangement that were presented to medal winners of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Hardiness: tolerates light frost and extended periods of dry weather. Don't like wet weet. Billy Buttons are very famous for being very long lasting cut flowers, their bright yellow spherical flowers can be dried like other native daisies and used in floral arrangements for months.   In areas with high humidity, treat them as an annual as they will succumb to fungal problems. Easily grown from seed but use wildflower seed starter to break the dormancy of the seed.  Let’s find out more I'm talking with was Adrian O’Malley, horticulturist and native plant expert.