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Name: Billy Buttons / Pycnosorus Paintball Globe 180MM
SKU: PYCPAG18S
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Billy Buttons / Pycnosorus Paintball Globe 180MM

Billy Buttons / Pycnosorus ‘Paintball Globe’ – 180MM

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I am Billy Buttons. My family originated from eastern Australia

Botanic Name: Pycnosorus globosus ‘Paintball Globe’

**Strappy/Grasses – I Attract Beneficial Insects**
I am a form of Billy Buttons that consistently produces extraordinary large and amazing golden globe flowers on tall and stout stalks throughout spring and summer. I am a perennial plant growing from an underground rhizome to form a clump of silvery grey woolly leaves from which my upright flowering spike arises. My blooms are superb cut flowers and for drying. I am Drought tolerant but will perform at my best in moist and well drained soils with a sunny to partially shaded aspect. Frost hardy, and can be used in coastal gardens and for heavy soils.

	Full Sun to Part Shade (4+ hours of direct sun)
	Height: 1m Width: 0.5m
	I am very drought tolerant but will perform better provided with regular moisture
	Australian Native
	I am hardy and suitable for coastal planting. I am happy in most soils but prefer soils that are well drained

I am popular and will make you happy because…

	I produce extra-large bright yellow spherical flowers on upright tall stalks in spring and summer
	A favourite of the cut flower industry my blooms are long lived with consistent in size and round shape
	I am suited for mass planting along pathways, or in pots for patio, deck or balcony

in pots and other containers
in garden beds and general landscaping
to be cut flowers to be enjoyed indoors
in coastal conditions
in boggy conditions

Tips for success…

	For extra colourful blooms place my cut stems in coloured water an my flower heads will take up the tint
	Plant me 30cm apart
	100% Recyclable Pot and Label Most pots and labels made from 100% recycled polypropylene

Plant family: Asteraceae

Other names: syn. Craspedia globosus ‘Paintball Globe’ Billy Buttons or Drumsticks

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