Ajania

Ajania pacifica ( Silver & Gold Chrysanthemum )
A vigorous bushy subshrubby perennial native to Japan that can reach a maximum size of 2.5 x 5.5 ( rarely over 2 ) feet. It is usually found on the shoreline on Honshu Island in the wild. There are few better border plants to brighten up a drab autumn landscape. It also makes an excellent container plant and groundcover.
The attractive semi-evergreen leaves, up to 3 x 1 inches in size, are deep green edged silver above, woolly white beneath.
The golden-yellow flowers up to 0.7 inches in width are borne in clusters, up to 4 inches wide, during October, November and in mild years into December. The flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
Hardy zones 4 to 9 in full sun to partial shade on any well drained soil. Very tough and drought tolerant. Cut back hard after flowering. Deer do NOT eat this plant.

* photos taken on Oct 28 2011 in Columbia, MD



* photo taken on Aug 12 2011 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on May 14 2012 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on Nov 13 2012 in Harford Co., MD

* photos taken on May 26 2013 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on Aug 22 2015 in Ellicott City, MD

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* photo taken on Dec 12 2016 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on June 9 2017 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on Nov 9 2017 in Harford Co., MD

* photo taken on Oct 7 2019 in Columbia, MD

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* photo taken on June 17 2020 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on Aug 16 2020 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on Nov 10 2020 @ Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD

* photos taken on Nov 24 2020 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on Dec 21 2020 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on June 26 2021 in Columbia, MD

'Pink Ice'
Flowers are yellow in the center and pale pink on the outside.

* photos taken on October 17 2010 @ U.S. National Arboretum, D.C.



* photo taken on June 23 2013 @ U.S. National Arboretum, DC

'Tall White Form'
A random seedling that self sowed near a mass planting of Ajania pacifica. It reached a much taller height of 3.5 feet during the summer of 2021, twice the height of nearby Ajania pacifica's however was not sturdy and leaned onto surrounding plants. The flowers are white, unlike the regular species.

* photos taken on Nov 3 2021 in Columbia, MD