Shelagh... this weekend, I remembered your words about your loss of Leontopodium nivale.
Here, the selected form of the Gran Sasso brings new life. As you can see, this form is already completely white hairy in the bud. Two specimens already show a beginning of flowering. It will be a pleasure for me to send you some seeds after successful pollination. It can be reproduced reliably.
Perhaps a small consolation...