Craspedia globosa/Pycnosorus globosus - Billy Buttons Tubestock | Native Tree Seedling

Description:
A charming Australian native perennial with slender silver-green foliage and distinctive bright yellow globe-shaped flowers held high on tall stems. Flowering through spring and summer, the blooms add strong architectural form and long-lasting colour to gardens and floral arrangements. Highly attractive to pollinators and easy to grow, it is popular in native plantings, cottage gardens, and modern landscapes.

🌳 Height:
0.3–0.9 m flowering height

🌿 Width:
0.2–0.5 m clump spread

🔧 Uses:
- Feature plant in borders and mass plantings
- Pollinator-friendly gardens
- Cut and dried flower production
- Native cottage gardens
- Rockeries and containers

🌱 Ideal growing conditions:
- Well-drained sandy or loamy soils
- Full sun

💪 Tolerates:
- Poor soils
- Heat
- Light drought
- Light frost

💧 Drought hardy:
Yes — moderately drought tolerant once established

❄️ Frost tolerant:
Moderate — tolerates light to moderate frost

🧂 Salt tolerant:
Low