 Eryngium variifolium
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- common name: sea holly
- flowering season: summer
- height: 12 to 18 inches
- Light requirements: sun; although we recommend afternoon shade in gardens where summers are very hot, shade is not necessary if the plant is watered regularly througout summer
- Soil requirements: average
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: a thickening clump
- How to propagate: dividing
- Leaf type: shiny green leaves with white veins
- Ways to use it: a rich addition to a flower garden where it will work fulltime keeping the garden from becoming boring
- Special characteristics: evergreen where winters are mild
This seaholly has glossy green leaves with white veins. The flowerheads are more gray than blue, small at about the size of green peas and come on short stems of twelve to eighteen inches tall. What is more striking about the flowers are the very large, pointed spines surrounding the base of the flowers. They are colored silvery gray. Their attractive leaves are evergreen. A plant will grow into a slowly widening clump over several years. Like the other sea hollies listed here, it develops a thick taproot. Hardy in USDA Zones 5 - 9. |
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