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Exemplary Eryngium Collection

Common name: Sea Holly

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

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9cm Pots
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Eryngium are beautiful architectural plants. Distinctive sculptured foliage adds texture to your borders whilst displaying curious attractive flowers in the summer. Extra thick outer leaf layers reduce water loss helping the flowers, whilst others may frazzle. Collection comprises; x zabelii 'Neptune's Gold' - a rare variety boasting yellow foliage and blue stems which hold silvery-blue, spiky blooms surrounded by a blue ruff which turn golden at the tips, height 50cm, spread 40cm; planum - silvery blue thistle like foliage from March to November, supports azure blue globe-like blooms in summer, height 90cm, spread 60cm; and variifolium - evergreen dark green foliage with creamy-white, marble-like veins, from June to August steely blue stems hold clusters of blue-silver thistle-like blooms, height 40cm, spread 30-50cm. Interestingly, the Georgians collected the roots and cooked them in the same way as we might asparagus. However, it was the roots reputed aphrodisiac properties which really interested our ancestors.Eryngium hardy perennials which are drought tolerant once established and prefer to be planted in well-drained soil which benefits from full sun.
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Included In this Collection Eryngium planum 9cm Pot Eryngium Neptunes Gold in a 9cm pot Eryngium variifolium 9cm pot
Latin Name Eryngium Neptunes Gold 9cm pot
Common Name Sea Holly
Hardiness H5 (-10 to -15°C)
Colour Blue
Format 9cm Pots
Position Full-Sun
Height in Maturity (m) 0.60
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.40
AGM Yes
Soil Conditions Chalk Loam Sand
Aspect East-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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