We originally bought this plant for our last house to hide an unsightly bore pump. It did okay in this position, although it didn’t see a lot of light, but in the position it is in now (lots of morning sun and late afternoon shade) it is absolutely thriving. We planted it in this position, again to hide something but this time it was the pipes protruding from the hot water system.

This version, petiolatum, has soft leathery silver foliage while another type “Limelight” has limegreen foliage. It’s dense foliage can hide just about anything and can soften walls very well. It displays non-descript white flowers in summer and its main growing period is spring through summer.

It is very easy to propagate from cuttings as we have done with this one and it has only taken 2 seasons to get to this size.