Sea holly
Eryngium planum 'Blauer Zwerg' (syn. 'Blue Dwarf')
Genus: Eryngium
Species: planum
Cultivar: 'Blauer Zwerg' (syn. 'Blue Dwarf') ...
Sea holly (Eryngium amethystinum)
Amethyst flower heads surrounded by 2-inch silvery-blue bracts open atop tall stems in summer, emerging from a rosette of spiny, medium green leaves.
Giant Sea Holly
Giant Sea Holly (Eryngium Giganteum) - This is an excellent plant for grouping, and a picturesque object, growing from 3 to 4 feet high, with stout stems and deeply-lobed, spiny, glaucous leaves.
Sea Holly is hardy in USDA zones 4-8. Preferably, they should be planted in full sun and in a light, well draining soil where they will not need transplanting.
Alpine Sea Holly, Sea Holly
Their tall, striking foliage and thistlelike clusters of flowers make them a favorite border or rock garden plant. Many are drought-tolerant.
agavifolium (Agave-Leaved Sea Holly) - E. alismifolium (Inland Coyote-Thistle) - E. alpinum (Alpine Eryngo) - E. alpinum 'Amethyst' (Alpine Eryngo) - E. alpinum 'Blue Star' (Alpine Eryngo) - E. alpinum 'Superbum' (Alpine Eryngo) - E.
( Blue Dwarf Flat Sea Holly )
From midsummer to early autumn, Eryngium planum bears many rounded umbels, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, of light blue flowers with spiky, blue-green bracts, to 1 inch long.
ERYNGIUM The Sea Holly. Bears thistle-like flower heads, and has spiky foliage. Grows 600 mm to 1.2 m (2 to 4 ft) tall with flowers and stems of a steely blue. Season, from July-September. Excellent as cut flower.
"Sapphire Blue"
Sea Holly
"Sapphire Blue" is a garden cultivar with the largest flowers of any sea holly. It is not invasive. The wild form of E. planum is capable of being too aggressive in the Northwest, but "Sapphire Blue" is a sterile hybrid.
Scottish Dock, Scottish Primrose, Scottish Small-reed, Scottish Wormwood, Sea Arrow-grass, Sea Aster, Sea Barley, Sea Bindweed, Sea Buckthorn, Sea Carrot, Sea Campion, Sea Clover, Sea Club-rush, Sea Couch, Sea Fern Grass, Sea Heath, Sea Holly, ...
Eryngium agavifolium (sea holly)
Erythronium dens-canis (dog's tooth violet)
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony)
Euphorbia (spurges)
Fritillaria (fritillaries)
Calanthus nivalis (snowdrop) ...
We read that once the town of Colchester presented royalty with a sample of their candied Sea Holly roots, whereon the sale of the article increased greatly, and many wonderful cures were supposed to be effected by the confection.
The botanicÂal genus name Eryngium goes back to the Greek name of the related sea holly (Eryngium maritimum ), which was called eryngion [á¼ Ïá½"γγιον]; the name is probably related to er [ἦÏ] spring time (cognate to Latin ver).
Eryngium - the sea Holly
Euphatorium. mWill grow well in boggy conditions.
Euphorbia palustris types - Spurge
Filipendula ulmaria and others
Geranium cultivars G. Ann Folkard, and most others.
Gaultheria.
Self-supporting musk mallows flower all through July and August, a pretty counterpoint to sea holly, phlox, purple coneflowers and monkshood.
Nombres relacionados: Apiaceae (familia), Eringio marítimo (castellano), Panicaut (francés), Sea Holly (inglés), Seaside eryngo (inglés), Strandmannstreu (alemán).
Floración: Verano ...
artist's acanthus, bear's breech, bear's breeches, false orchid, Grecian pattern plant, oak leaf acanthus, oyster plant, sea dock, sea holly
Family
Acanthaceae ...
 See also: Holly, Eryngium, Green, May, Clematis
  
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