Eryngium × zabelii 'Big Blue'
sea holly
- 9cm pot
- £9.99
- In stock (shipped within 5-7 working days)
- 3 × 9cm pots
- £24.00 £29.97
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- Position: full sun
- Soil: dry, well-drained, poor to moderately fertile
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
An upright, herbaceous perennial with spiky, highly divided, silvery-green foliage from which flowering cones emerge encircled by a ruff of long and prickly, intense-blue bracts. ‘Big Blue’ lives up to its name and would make a bold addition to dry, sunny borders and gravel gardens where the ‘everlasting’ blooms will attract masses of bees. - Garden care: Lift and divide large colonies in spring. Avoid the temptation to cut back the flower-heads in autumn as they provide interest in the winter garden.