Licorice plant

Elegant, silvery licorice plant is so useful to set off flowers in blue, white, purple, and other colors and to add contrast to plantings where you want more than just a mass of green. It's especially good in containers, where you can admire it up close and show off its spreading habit to best effect.

Technically a tropical shrub, licorice plant is usually grown as an annual in the United States. It does best in full sun and well-drained soil.

Light:

Sun

Plant Type:

Annual,Perennial

Plant Height:

1-2 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-2 feet wide

Bloom Time:

Nonflowering

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders,Slopes,Groundcover

Special Features:

Attractive Foliage,Drought Tolerant,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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'Icicles' licorice vine

Helichrysum 'Icicles' bears threadlike silvery foliage on upright 2-foot-tall plants.
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'Lemon Licorice' licorice vine

Helichrysum 'Lemon Licorice' bears silvery-chartreuse foliage and can grow to 2 feet wide in containers.
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'Petite Licorice' licorice vine

Helichrysum 'Petite Licorice' is a dwarf form with smaller leaves and grows only about 1 foot wide.
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'Silver Mist' licorice vine

Helichrysum 'Silver Mist' bears small leaves on wiry stems and has a more upright, mounding habit.
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Garden Plans

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Waterside Retreat Garden Plan
English Victorian Cottage Garden Plan

Plant It With

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Angelonia

Set off rich purple angelonia flowers with licorice plant's silvery foliage.

Gerbera daisy

Create a charming pairing with white or pastel gerbera daisy and licorice plant.

Ornamental Pepper

Put together a stunning contrast with purple-leaf ornamental peppers and silvery licorice vine.

Propagation

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Stem Cuttings