Eryngium 'Dove Cottage Hybrids'
Family - Apiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 60cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with an upright, branching habit. Mid to grey-green Basal Leaves are held in rosettes and are heart-shaped to ovate. The palmate, lobed stem leaves are silvery-green with prominent veins and spiny margins. Many small, sky blue to deep blue flowers are held in cylindrical umbels and are produced from early to midsummer. The flowerheads are held on deep electric blue stems and are subtended by a showy collar of spiny, blue Bracts. Excellent for use as cut flowers and attractive to bees and butterflies.
Flower:
Many sky blue to deep blue flowers are held in cylindrical umbels from June to July. The flowerheads are subtended by a collar of spiny, blue bracts (involucre). The flowerheads are produced on deep, electric blue, branched stems.
Flower colour: Blue
Flower shape: Small flowers in cylindrical umbels
Flowering time: June, July
Foliage:
Grey to mid-green Basal Leaves are held in rosettes and are ovate to Cordate in shape. The stem leaves are palmately-lobed and held in opposite pairs up the stems. The stem leaves are silvery-green with prominent white veins. The margins are spiny-toothed.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate, cordate, palmately-lobed
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in well-drained soil.