Carlina — 4 species
Botanical species in the genus Carlina recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Carlina acanthifolia
Carlina acanthifolia
Family: Asteraceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in a sunny position in ordinary garden soil. Prefers an alkaline soil. Prefers a poor soil.
Full cultivation guide →Carlina acaulis
Carlina acaulis
Family: Asteraceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in a sunny position in ordinary garden soil. Prefers a neutral to alkaline soil. Prefers a poor soil.
Full cultivation guide →Carlina gummifera
Carlina gummifera
Family: Asteraceae
Cultivation
Carlina gummifera is a plant of the Mediterranean region, where it experiences hot dry summers and cool, wet winters. It can be grown outside this climate - it grows well, flowers and sets viable seed at Bristol Botanical Gardens in southwest England for example, where the climate is much moister and winters are colder Prefers a moist to well drained substrate, growing in sandy and mostly clay soils but also found in other types of deep soils, growing in full sun to mid-shade habitats. A monocarpic plant, living for a number of years without flowering, but then dying after it does flower.
Full cultivation guide →Carlina vulgaris
Carlina vulgaris
Family: Asteraceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in a sunny position in ordinary garden soil. Prefers an alkaline soil. Prefers a poor soil.
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