Neptune's Gold Sea Holly
SKU: AM015168
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Overview
'Neptune's Gold' Sea Holly brings an amazing contrast of colors to any sunny garden bed, with golden leaves that are striking against metallic-blue stems and flowers. Purple-blue bracts (flower-like petals) spiral out from the center, transitioning to lavender, then silver, and finally gold. This Sea Holly is a unique and memorable addition to the perennial garden. (Eryngium)
key features
Botanical Name
Eryngium x zabelli Neptune's Gold PP#27092
Advantages
Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Low Maintenance, Long Bloom Time, Cut Flowers, Dried Flowers, Small Spaces
Growing Zones
Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Soil Moisture
Dry, Average
Mature Height
16-22" tall
Mature Spread
10-16" wide
Bloom Time
Early to late summer
SKU
AM015168
Description
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.
