Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 13 JulyA rosette of soft gray-green leaves seen from straight above on 16 July, each one pebbled between sunken veins and felted with white hairs laid in swirling lines, the toothed margins finished with a crisp white rim and the newest leaves whitest.Week of 3 AugustA rosette of broad, thickly furred silver-grey leaves, densely veined and quilted, filling a pot on gravel beside black seed trays. Mown grass fills the top of the frame.Week of 24 AugustA low rosette on 26 August of very large soft leaves, felted white-woolly on both faces until the green barely shows through, each one blunt and oval with a finely scalloped edge, splayed flat out of a small pot over grass and gravel.
