Q.Will Calocephalus grow outdoors in Ireland as it is a South Australian plant.
Currently I am using it as an indoor plant for flower arranging. When I purchased it the foliage was pale green and then turned silver as though dead. I purchased three further plants two of which went the same way. The third is continuing to produce new shoots. I use for miniature flower arranging as the plant material remains turgid out of water.

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It will only survive down to 33F (1.1C) or so. If it goes below that in your part of the world, then you won't be able to grown them outdoors, however a container grown specimen might be possible.It also needs to remain very dry, as they are not tolerant of moist soils.
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