Short-lived Perennial or Annual: Drought, heat and deer tolerant. Has unique flowers with a straw like texture. Nice bedding, rock garden, container and cut flower plant where the flowers dry perfectly! Use flowers fresh or dried for bouquets or dried arrangements and wreaths. Bloom time: spring-fall. Bloom color: red & yellow bi-colored. Mounding growth habit. Height: 12-15 inches. Width: 12 inches. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z8-10 (syn. HELICHRYSUM, XEROCHRYSUM bracteatum).