Days to cut
55–65 daysStatus
tryingCatalog ID
CF-47Seasons logged
4First sown
2026-04-11Pierrot White provides a distinctive, moody look for both cut and dried florals, though the plant stature is a bit short for cutting (approximately 18-24"). Productive plants produce relatively small, 1–2" upward-facing, daisy-like flowers with papery petals. The flowers have a long vase life and also make excellent dried flowers. Plants are basal branching, which makes the thin, wiry stems easy to cut and strip. Helipterum is also known as Acroclinium, immortelle, paper daisy, Australian everlasting, and everlasting daisy.
How it grows
Germination
- Days to germ.
- 14–21 d
- Soil temp
- 65–75 °F
- Depth
- 0 in
- Light for germ
- light
Culture
- Days to maturity
- 55–65 dThis variety
- Spacing
- 6–8 in
- Height
- 18–24 in
- Sun
- Sun
- Frost
- tender
- Sow indoors
- Yes
- Outdoor / direct
- No
Harvest
- Cut stage
- For fresh cut or dried - Harvest before flowers have fully opened. Hang to dry. Flowers will continue to open after they are cut.
Trials
Other Observations
Notes not filed against a sowing. Everything else sits with its trial above.
No loose observations — every note belongs to a sowing.
This variety’s year
Seed source
Johnny's Selected Seeds