Helichrysum plant named ‘Harvest Merlot’

Abstract

A plant variety of the Helichrysum family resulting from a controlled crossing of the varieties of Helichrysum bracteatum ‘Harvest Fire’, the subject of a currently pending U.S. patent application, and Helichrysum bracteatum×splendidum ‘Raspberry’, the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,929. The outermost involucral bracts of the bud appear as RHS 64 B (red-purple group). The rest of the bracts have an overall appearance of RHS 58 A (red-purple group). The tips of the outer bracts are RHS 187 A (greyed-purple group). The new variety also possesses the commercially desirable characteristics of hardy and attractive leaves and has generally good post harvest characteristics.

1. A new and distinct variety of  Helichrysum  plant, as illustrated and described.