Pair of Silver Swirl Dusty Millers Planted - For Cut Flowers - June 2025

Silver foliage strikes again.  I've said it before, but I'm totally taken with the silver (or white) foliage trend that is popping up in garden centers.  And, when you combine that color with the idea that something can be grown as an annual and be 'Fantastic in flower arrangements', I'm sold.  

That's how these Silver Swirl Snowflake Dusty Millers were listed at The Growing Place.  Here's their sign: 

They had them in small quart containers - here's a couple of photos showing the plant and container:

The new pizza oven bed is wide open and needs to be filled.  My plan includes running a border of Hakonechloa macra grasses around the edge, but I don't have them yet.  So, this year, these two Dusty Millers are going in instead:

These will fill up this space and - once dahlia season is here - I'll start cutting the foliage to use in arrangements.