Blue Hobbit Sea Holly
SKU: AM015079
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No longer available this season.
Overview
Blooming for more than 4 weeks, the Blue Hobbit Eryngium is a unique plant offering small blue and green thistle-like flowers that bloom from early summer to late summer. This variety is shorter than others, reaching heights of 8-12”. Making it perfect for borders or in hot and dry gardens. This flower is great for cut flower bouquets and for adding texture to any full sun location. (Eryngium)
key features
Botanical Name
Eryngium x intermedia Blue Hobbit
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8
Advantages
Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Long Bloom Time, Cut Flowers, Dried Flowers, Small Spaces
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Mature Height
8-12" tall
Bloom Time
Early to late summer
SKU
AM015079
Description
Here's a fascinating plant, new to us this year. But hardly new. Most Sea Hollies grow along the Mediterranean coast as striking blue wildflowers, and they have been admired for centures. Even Plutarch wrote about this plant in ancient Rome! One of the species also grows in the Alps, and that one is Erynigium alpinum, or Alpine Sea Holly. Our selection is from that species, and said to be one of the bluest of them all.
The great British gardener of the Edwardian period, William Robinson, the first plant expert who was seriously interested in wildflowers, said Sea Holly was his all-time favorite. Stunned by the blue coloring, rare in flowers, he wrote that Sea Holly was not surpassed in beauty by any plant! Quite an endorsement.For good growth, Sea Holly requires full sun and a gritty, fast-draining soil, so site yours carefully. The flowers arise in mid-summer from plants about 30 tall, and by the way, both the leaves and roots are edible.
