Bystropogon canariensis

I remember my late father being very taken by this when he visited Australia and planted lots of it in my brother’s Monbulk garden. A frost hardy, drought tolerant evergreen shrub which from early summer until late autumn turns itself into cumulus clouds of soft grey flowers. Wonderful. It can get up to 2 metres tall but with winter pruning about half that in our dry garden. Allow for a spread of a metre or a little more.