Pearly Everlasting (Noun)
Meaning
An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Pearly everlasting is a type of flowering plant that is perfect for dry landscapes due to its drought-tolerant properties.
- The garden was filled with low-maintenance flowers like pearly everlasting, coneflowers, and black-eyed susans.
- This butterfly-friendly perennial is also known as pearly everlasting or western everlasting due to its resilience and white-gem-like appearance.
- The delicate pearly everlasting plant was chosen for its wooly stems and bracts that resemble tiny flowers.
- A stately variety of pearly everlasting, reaching heights of thirty-six inches or more, was discovered at the edge of the garden.