Eryngium × zabelii 'Big Blue'

Perennials
Written By Elizabeth Broadbent
 

Common Names: sea holly 'Big Blue'

Family: Apiaceae

Features:

  • Spiky, highly-divided, silvery-green foliage.

  • The stiff, branched stems

  • Blue, thimble-shaped flowerheads surrounded by a ruff of prickly, silvery-blue bracts.

Sunlight: Full

Ultimate Height: 0.5 - 1 metres

Ultimate Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 meter

Flowering: Summer

 

Care:

For best results grow Eryngium x zabelii 'Big Blue' in free-draining soil, in a sunny position. In colder climates you may need to protect the roots with a mulch of straw, and tidy spent foliage in spring to prevent rot.

Elizabeth Broadbent
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