Anaphalis margaritace / Pearly Everlasting / Immortelle perennial

I love the long blooming white button-like flowers of the Pearly Everlasting! They certainly do earn their name!! And, the silvery foliage is a lovely lower growing contrast to larger flowers and shrubs. 

Host plant for caterpillars of American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) and painted lady (Vanessa cardui). 

Pro tip: the seeds are tiny, but don't be dug up. They grow much later in the first season. 

Pearly Everlasting seed starting:

Outdoors: press gently on soil in fall.

Indoors : Cold stratification, press into soil, needs light to germinate. Keep moist.

Outdoors: Press lightly into soil in fall.

Indoors: Cold stratify, press into soil, needs light to germinate. Keep moist.     

Anaphalis margaritace, Perennial Immortelle, Pearly Everlasting

H: 60-90 cm L: 30-60 cm

Spacing: 45 cm

Sun/Part-Sun

Flowering: white, late summer/autumn

Blooms: white, late summer/fall

Native of Quebec Native