Eryngium planum 'Silver Salentino'

Family - Apiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 90cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The Cool Garden

Description: An Evergreen Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Dark green spiny leaves are oblong to ovate at the base of the plant, and grey-green and palmately lobed on the upright, silvery-white stems. Domed umbels are composed of many small, white flowers and are surrounded by a collar of spiky, silvery-white Bracts. The flowers are produced from midsummer into early autumn and are excellent for use as cut flowers and drying. Attractive to pollinating insects.

Flower:

Domed umbels of small, white flowers are surrounded by a collar of pointed, spiky, silvery-white bracts. The flowers are produced on upright stems from July into September.

Flower colour: White

Flower shape: Small flowers held in domed umbels

Flowering time: July, August, September

Foliage:

Dark green leaves are oblong to ovate and are held in rosettes at the base of the plant. Leaves produced up the stem are palmately lobed and spiky.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Oblong to ovate, and palmately lobed

Propagation:

Seed, cuttings, division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in well-drained soil.