Licorice Plant (Helichrysum petiolare)

Growing licorice plants (Helichrysum petiolare) offer an interesting cascade in the container garden, and a trailing mass of gray foliage. Care of Helichrysum licorice is simple in the garden and is only slightly more complicated in the container environment. When you’ve learned how to grow a licorice plant, you’re sure to find many uses for them as companion plants.

Growing Licorice Plants with Others
When planting in a large pot, add rows of flowers of ascending heights inside the licorice planting, with the tallest plant in the center. Combination planters that are only viewed from one side may use the tallest plants in the back. Include companion plants that have similar water and sun needs.

Fuzzy, pubescent leaves of the licorice vine have a silvery gray color, and cultivars of licorice, Helichrysum petiolare, such as ‘White Licorice’ contrast nicely with other foliage in the container. Companion plants for the licorice plant in containers encompass a range of upright and colorful specimens. If you wish to locate the container in a partial shade area, choose a colorful, upright coleus to center in the pot. A full sun area companion may be Celosia cockscomb, or any long-lasting summer flower. Licorice plant in containers may have companions in the cool color family, such as pinks and yellows or the hot color family, like reds and oranges. You may use other silvery specimens, such as silver mound Artemisia, with different textures.