adj.
Any of several plants that retain their form and colour when dried and are used in dry bouquets and flower arrangements.
Popular everlastings include several species of the composite family , especially the true everlastings, or immortelles, species of the genus Helichrysum , native to North Africa, Crete, and the parts of Asia bordering on the Mediterranean and cultivated in many parts of Europe. One of the best-known everlastings is the strawflower ( H. bracteatum ) of Australia. Many grass es with showy plumes or spikes are classified as everlastings.