[Fleur Pavlidis]

A friend has just sent me a photograph of this lovely sub-shrub in her garden. It is long flowering, drought resistant, has scented leaves, a lovely feel, and moves with the wind. There is a white version, C. album. I'm hoping to get cuttings later in the year if anyone is interested.

[Helena Wiesner]

What a lovely plant - I particularly like the way the flowers nestle in those waving leaves. If you have cuttings to spare, I'd love to have one to try.

[Fermi]

Hi Fleur,
This is the ubiquitous "Diosma" of 1970's gardens in Australia! It's a very hardy South African shrub which survived for many years in our garden despite complete neglect and no artificial watering during summers.
It benefits from regular trimming to avoid it getting leggy. Crushing the foliage releases a spicy aroma which is quite pleasant. There is a golden foliage form which is the dreaded "golden Diosma" of landscapers of public spaces (which I always wanted to use as an underplanting for a blue spruce when I lived in a cooler climate) much over used which is why many people in Australia shun it.
It has its place in our gardens but tends still to be used too extensively because of the ease of propagation and its heat hardiness
cheers
fermi

[David Feix]

These are also very popular here in California, but they don't survive our summers with no supplemental irrigation, and are wonderful textural contrasts to larger leafed shrubs, especially Leucadendrons, Leucospermums, etc. I particularly like the golden foliage, more compact cultivar in garden designs, and keep it sheared to 18" height indefinitely. Particularly nice with co.panions such as Beschornerias, Cotyledons, Erigeron moeheimii and Lavandulas.

[Fleur Pavlidis]

Thank you Fermi and David for giving your experience with this plant. It's known but uncommon in Greece so we have an opportunity to enjoy introducing it into our gardens.