Bracteantha bracteata Granvia Gold - Strawflower

The Bracteantha Granvia Gold is a selection of medium-sized bracteantha, whose golden yellow flowers are twice as wide as those of usual varieties, well known to dried bouquet enthusiasts. It is a particularly generous annual plant that forms a beautiful, very flowery cushion for almost 5 months if you regularly remove faded flowers. Whether in the ground or in pots, its vivid golden yellow head flowers enliven borders, rockeries, or flower boxes. They also look very pretty in floral arrangements.

The Bracteantha bracteatum Granvia Gold is a very recent horticultural creation. This selection comes from the bracteantha, an annual species native to Australia. Like all plants in the asteraceae family, it has flowers organized in heads, but the heads of the bracteantha distinguish themselves from daisies and centaureas by the absence of ray florets or petals, which are replaced by scaly, coloured, and shiny bracts. This characteristic allows the inflorescences to last a long time once they are dry, as the bracts do not "wilt" like petals. The Granvia Gold selection is a plant with an upright habit, compact and reaches an average height of 50 cm (20in) when flowering, with a width of 30-35 cm (12-14in). Its rough stems are branched, covered with small, simple, lanceolate, medium green, villous leaves with a slight bluish tint, measuring 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4in) long. Together, they form a dense clump. Flowering occurs from summer to early autumn, usually from June to October. It is nectar-rich and highly visited by butterflies. The Granvia Gold heads easily measure 6 cm (2in) in diameter.