Helichrysum italicum 'Miel et Curry'

Common name(s): honey and curry plant

Description: evergreen shrub; a selection by Olivier Fillipi of Pépinière Filippi in France for its especially fragrant flowers that smell of honey and curry on hot summer days. Grows into a low mound of pleasantly aromatic foliage that smells of curry spices when bruised. This is not the curry leaf popular in Indian cuisine but it is used very sparingly in medicine and some cuisines around the Mediterranean. 

Height: to 2 ft. Spread: to 3 ft.

Position: full sun and lean, well-draining soil

Uses: medicine, culinary- used sparsely in some Mediterranean cuisine, ornamental

Winter Hardiness: to 5 F and below

Drought: adapted to 5 months of summer drought