Sandy everlasting Italian variety KRISTAL

Helichrysum italicum (Roth.) Guss.

 

    Evergreen half-bush of 60 cm high, 90 cm in diameter, half-spreading. Flowers are light-yellow. Mass blossom is in the 2-3 decade of July. Fruiting is in the 2-3 decade of August.  130 days pass from the beginning of vegetation up to the ripening of seeds.
    Productivity of raw materials is 100c/ha. Mass part of essential  oil is 0,17% from raw materials. The output of essential oil is 123,5 kg/ha. The main component of essential oil is nerilacetat (21%).
    Variety is drought-resistant. It grows well on brown,red, mountain-forest soils and other soils with hard mechanical compositions, on lime soils. It resistant to frosts (-25C). It is resistant to pests and diseases. Variety can be used in landscape gardening.