pearly everlasting
noun
: an everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) that has herbage covered with white woolly hairs and corymbose heads with white scarious involucres
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Some of the best plants to attract a variety of pollinators are coneflower, phlox, monarda, butterfly bush, sedum, any variety of daisy, liatris, any variety of milkweed, lantana, zinnia, Joe Pye weed, allium and pearly everlasting.
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Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
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“Pearly everlasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pearly%20everlasting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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