Leontopodium alpinum

Leontopodium alpinum 

Plant | Leontopodium alpinum  | Leaves and flowers are covered with white hairs and appear woolly (tomentose).

Flowering stalks of Edelweiss can grow to a size of 3–20 cm (in cultivation, up to 40 cm). Each bloom consisting of five to six small yellow flower heads (5 mm) surrounded by bracts in star formation. The flowers are in bloom between July and September.

Leontopodium alpinum 

Edelweiss is a protected plant in many countries, including Mongolia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Switzerland (since 1878), France, Norway, Iran, India (Zanskar region), Italy, Serbia, Malaysia (In Genting and Cameron Highlands), Indonesia (In Semeru Mountain), Germany, Spain (Ordesa National Park), Poland and Slovakia (Tatra National Park), Slovenia (in Gorizia and Gradisca since 1896, in Carniola since 1898), Austria (since 1886) and Romania (since 1933).

Leontopodium alpinum 

The famously rare and protected  Edelweiss plants (Leontopodium alpinum) grown since 1987 on our high altitude plantation, are hand-cultivated, and raised without pesticides or chemical fertilizers in the clean air of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

We carefully choose each Edelweiss and dry it in fine white sand, achieving a perfectly natural  look  and feel.The blossoms can be crafted  into garlands, corsages, boutonnières, bouquets and everlasting floral arrangements. Dried Edelweiss flowers are used in special gift and product packaging, framed, added to greeting cards, invitations, name or place cards and  more.    

Leontopodium alpinum