Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Eryngium giganteum
Family: (Apiaceae)
Short-lived perennial/biennial to 4′. Miss Willmott’s Ghost. Miss Willmott was known to scatter this seed surreptitiously in the gardens she visited, leaving her horticultural calling card! The elongated, dome-shaped, greenish flowerheads are surrounded by spiny tipped, silvery bracts. Attractive, marbled, grey-green, spiny foliage with dark green basal rosettes adds more drama. Excellent dried flower. Self-sows happily. Well-drained soil. Sun. 3 & 6
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