John Fielding 
Annual Biennial
A low-growing annual, up to around 30cm high in flower, with lobed green leaves covered with fine white hairs. Flowers in late spring and summer, producing buds encased in overlapping green bracts, which open to showy purple flowers, with a ring of larger outer florets surrounding crowds of tiny flowers in the centre
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Chalk, Loam, Sand
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres