Senecio Angel Wings

Angel Wings is a selected form of Senecio candicans, a coastal plant from the southern tip of South America where it grows on exposed shores in Argentina and Chile. It is grown for its foliage rather than its flowers, the broad leaves covered in a soft white down that begs to be touched.

Its weak point is winter wet rather than cold, since sodden soil rots the crown faster than frost harms it. Give it sharp drainage in a raised bed or a gritty container, and it will hold its leaves through most British winters down to around minus ten.