Sea Lavender

Sea Lavender
By Lou Paun
Sea Lavender (Statice) - Plants of the Leadwort or Plumbago family, chiefly natives of shore and mountain districts.

Sea lavender is a rosette-forming perennial with mid- to dark-green leaves to 12 inches long, occasionally to 24 inches. Deep lavender-blue flowers are borne in panicles made of spikelets on wiry stems.

Tree sea lavender is cultivated as an ornamental. It can be grown outdoors in Mediterranean climates.
W. J. Hooker on tree sea lavender ...

Annual Statice, Sea Lavender, Sea Pink
Dried, annual Statice is prized in flower arrangements and wreaths because flowers keep their color.

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Family ...

Argusia gnaphalodes, Heliotropium gnaphalodes (Sea Rosemary, Sea Lavender, Family: Boraginaceae)
Argyreia nervosa, Argyreia speciosa (Elephant creeper; Woolly Morning Glory, Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Family: Convolvulaceae) ...

Carolina Sea Lavender [English]: Limonium carolinianum
Carolina Sea-Lavendar [English]: Limonium carolinianum
Carolina Sea-Lavender [English]: Limonium carolinianum
Carolina Sealavender [English]: Limonium carolinianum ...

Drought-tolerant sea lavender (Limonium latifolium, Zone 4) for "dauntless", annual spinning flax (Linum usitatissimum) for "domestic industry" and sweet-smelling winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum, Zone 6) for "amiability" also seem logical.

Day-flying moths, such as silver-Y moth and the impressive hummingbird hawk moth, can be lured with sea lavender, buddleias, Centranthus rubra and Lychnis.

ST ALICE (syn. Limonium). The Sea Lavender. Bears mauve or violet flowers, gracefully with cloud like sprays. Good for the front of the border. May be cut, dried, and used for winter decoration. My favourite, Violetta, a violet
blue, 750 mm (2J ft).

thrift (genus Armeria), prickly thrift (genus Acantholimon), sea lavender (genus Limonium), and plumbago, or leadwort (genus Plumbago)—are cultivated in gardens for their papery globe-shaped flowers of various colors, ...

Grass, Reflexed Stonecrop, Remote Sedge, Rest-harrow, Rhododendron, Ribbed Melilot, Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain, Ribwort Plantain, Rigid Hornwort, River Water Crowfoot, River Water Dropwort, Rock Cinquefoil, Rock Samphire, Rock Sea Lavender, ...

Ecological threat: Appears to be supplanting native coastal vegetation and has begun to displace rare native beach plants, such as the inkberry and the Florida endangered sea lavender. FLEPPC Category I
Distribution: C, SW, SE ...

Limonium latifolium Sea Lavender
Nepeta species Catmint
Oenothera species Evening Primrose, Sundrops
Opuntia humifusa Prickly Pear Cactus
Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian Sage
Phlomis species Jerusalem Sage
Rudbeckia species Black-eyed Susan ...

of colors and textures by edging 'Butterfly Blue' with pink cranesbill (Erodium reichardii) and silver thyme (Thymus vulgaris 'Argenteus'). To the side, she plants bearded iris in groups of three and five, and billowing behind is sea lavender ...

Statice finds the perfect home in salty marshes and arid or desert areas. So, it will be no surprise to you that this is one flower that tolerates a drought now and then. It is also called "Sea Lavender".

A few examples of Atlantic and Caribbean natives include sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), sea ox-eye daisy (Borrichia frutescens), sea hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), sea lavender (Tournefortia gnaphalodes) and sea-blight (Suaeda maritima).

Statice, sea lavender (Limonium species)
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Stock (Matthiola incana)
Stonecrop (Sedum species)
Strawberry cactus (Ferocactus setispinus)
Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) ...

See also: Lavender, Green, Rose, May, Lilac