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Eryngium planum

£4.90
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Aspect:
Full Sun
Soil Type:
Well-Drained
Colour:
Blue
Colour:
Silver
Eryngium planum
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Plant Overview

A superb drought-tolerant plant. Grey/sliver and dark blue slender stems carry a large head of many thimble-sized cones each surrounded by a spiny ruff. 

Often used for cut flower displays and adds winter interest to borders if the flower spikes are left on.

A useful plant for pollinators and birds love the seeds in winter.

Introduced from Eastern Europe in 1596 and has been grown in cottage gardens ever since.

Eryngiums make a striking addition to dry, sunny borders and gravel gardens. They have thistle-like flowers, made up of tiny flowers packed together in a tight cluster, surrounded by a ruff of spiny bracts.

The flower heads are long lasting when cut and can also be dried.

Height and Spread: 45cm x 65cm

Common name(s): Blue eryngo

 

 

 

 

Photo: Sten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All our plants are supplied in 9cm pots unless otherwise specified. Plants in this size pot establish quickly in the garden and often outpace plants in bigger pots planted at the same time. Our potted plants can be planted immediately, unless otherwise noted, or you can leave them in their pots until you are ready to plant.
The majority of our plants are grown outdoors. This means that they follow their natural growth patterns and are ready to plant at any time of the year. If you order the plants in winter, they are likely to be dormant and died back to ground level, ready to shoot again in spring - just like the herbaceous perennials in your own garden. Very occasionally, in winter and early spring, we may indicate on the packing slip that a plant needs to be hardened off before planting out. This will be because it has just come out of a polytunnel. If you have any questions about our plants or growing methods, please feel free to drop us an email.
We grow most of what we sell ourselves, in our nursery in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our prices include VAT at 20%.
Please note: We do our best to provide acurate photographs of the plants we sell, but colours display differently on different screens, printers and in different light and we cannot guarantee that what you are seeing on your screen, or on the plant label provided, will exactly match the plant when it flowers in your garden. Plant dimensions are given as a guide only and the actual sizes reached may vary from garden to garden, depending on local conditions.
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