Cineraria is often planted as an annual, as outside its zones it will do well for a season, then die. But if you live in the right area, it can be an incredibly easy perennial.

You might recall when I went on and on about the cineraria plants in Kathie Ferree’s garden (Huntington Beach) last spring. She starts her cineraria from seed each year. And with their shades… ...

Cineraria, blue varieties, Senecio stellata, baby and cobalt blues, spring/summer perennial, 3 feet, shade/part shade ...

That the Cineraria was an excellent “illustration of the amount of variation which could be brought about under artificial conditions in a limited time” I should be the last to dispute.

The species of Dusty Miller most commonly found in the nursery will be labeled Senecio cineraria. According to Wikipedia, however, it should be labeled Jacobaea maritima or silver ragwort.

Of the matters there treated I ask leave now to deal with one only, that numbered (18). This is a point of fact—the origin of the cultivated Cineraria.