- Eventual Height: 1.8m
- Eventual Spread: 1m
Eryngium yuccifolium
button eryngo
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size: 2 litre pot
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available to order from summer 2012
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- Position: full sun
- Soil: moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to September
- Flower colour: steel blue, whitish or green
- Other features: interesting foliage
- Hardiness: fully hardy
An evergreen Eryngium, which forms a clump of bluish-green, strap-shaped leaves that have a serrated and spiny edge. In mid summer and autumn, upright, branching flowerspikes emerge bearing rounded or oval shaped flower clusters, which turn shades of greyish-blue, cream or green as they open. A variable plant, which originates from the Eastern States of the US, it is tolerant of poor soil and drought once established.
- Garden care: Lift and divide large colonies in spring. Avoid the temptation to cut back the flowerheads in autumn as they provide interest in the winter garden.
- Eventual Height: 1.8m
- Eventual Spread: 1m
Eryngium yuccifolium - button eryngo
Distinctive strap-shaped foliage
