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Eryngium Magical Red Thunder

Common name: Sea Holly

Sculptural, spiky uprights lend unique structure and form

-10 to -15°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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9cm Pots
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An exciting new arrival for 2025, this eryngium is quite unlike most others! Clusters of striking maroon-red flowers offer a dramatic visual display between July and August and sometimes into September as the stand on upright stems, encircled by paler, creamy bracts. The texture and size make the flowers look like spiky berries – just perfect for a coastal garden, rockery or a vase inside your home. Eryngium pandanifolium ‘Magical Red Thunder’ is a hardy, mediterranean cultivar with robust stems reaching up to 90cm – a great way add architectural impact in containers and borders. Foliage is held from March to October as spiky looking swords of mid-green – it is clump forming and provides a sturdy base around 40cm in spread, from which the flowering stems emerge. Plant your Eryngium pandanifolium ‘Magical Red Thunder’ in poor to moderately fertile soil of any kind except heavy clay and position in full sun for best results. A hardy (H5), herbaceous perennial which should not need additional winter protection throughout most of the UK.
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Key Information
Latin Name Eryngium pandanifolium 'Magical Red Thunder'
Common Name Sea Holly
Hardiness H5 (-10 to -15°C)
Colour Red
Format 9cm Pots
Position Full-Sun
Foliage Semi-Evergreen
Height in Maturity (m) 0.90 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.40
Soil Conditions Chalk Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for Rockeries Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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