Santolina chamaecyparissus ‘Weston’
Description:
This diminutive Santolina received an Award of Merit at the Chelsea Flower Show 1966 ‘as a foliage plant for the rock garden or alpine greenhouse’. The Alpine Garden Society Journal of Dec 1966 further stated that ‘Weston’ was said to have been growing for many years at a house in Essex known as ‘Weston’. Our Guardian chose it in 1977 for its small size, (in pursuit of fitting more plants in the garden) and says 'it is a lovely little plant which deserves to be more widely grown.'
Threat Status:
Threatened In Cultivation
As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/
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