Silver Tansy – Tanacetum niveum Outlet Deals

Silver Tansy is a mounding, multi-stemmed short-lived perennial. A non-invasive tansy from southern and central Europe for your low water-use bed and border that will reseed somewhat. Gray cut-leaf foliage provides an attractive white element in the garden. It is low maintenance and easy to care for, extremely pest- and disease-resistant, so it is well-suited to the water-wise sunny border.

Tansy (Tanacetum niveum) is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Tanacetum in the aster family. For history buffs: During the American colonial period, meat was frequently rubbed with or packed in tansy leaves to repel insects, and it was used in the 1940s to repel mosquitos and, inevitably, ticks! 

Vital details:
Size: 24” x 18-20” at maturity.
Light: Full Sun
Water: Average
Hardiness: 4-10
Pollinator value: attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.
Notable features: deer resistant, cut flower, attracts hummingbirds, attracts butterflies, white flowers.
Plant name: Silver Tansy (Tanacetum niveum)