Var växer sea holly naturligt
How to Grow Sea Holly
Discover sea holly!
Sea holly’s prickly starburst blooms in shades of blue to gray always get a second look, but there’s more to love about this unique perennial than meets the eye. It’s drought- and salt-tolerant with plenty of flowers to cut for bouquets fresh or dried and insect pollinators love it! This big group of plants is native mostly in mountainous and coastal regions worldwide, but only a few species and hybrids are for sale in garden centers where you may also find sea holly’s North American cousin, rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccafolium), which has similar structural blooms but without the spiny bracts and long strappy foliage.
Sea holly comes in a variety of colors and sizes
The tiny true flowers are tucked into thistlelike center cones surrounded by stiff bracts that can be long or short, deeply cut or broad. Most are blue or silver-blue, such as ‘Sapphire Blue’ above that really pops against the gold-foliaged Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica). Leaves can be maple-like, rounded or oval with a leathery texture that helps conserve water. And they range in size from inch-tall ‘Blue Hobbit’ flat sea holly (Eryngium planum) to Mis
Sea holly cultivation (Eryngium maritimum)
How to grow sea holly (Eryngium maritimum)
Sea holly care
| Summer | |
| Scarcely. It becomes rotten in winter in wet soils. | |
| As a medicinal plant and as ornamental plants because of their bracts and inflorescences. | |
| Sun | |
| In spring from seeds or bygd means of root cuttings in winter. | |
| Light soils, sandy and well drained nära the sea. | |
| Medicinal plant. Click for more information. |
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Why Every Garden Should Have Sea Holly, the Tough-as-Nails Perennial
Sea holly is a striking perennial that makes an eye-catching addition to a sunny garden. Native to Central and Eastern Europe, the unusual spiky flower head, ringed by a collar of ornamental bracts, add interest, bold texture and intense color to the summer landscape. Less commonly known than many other sun-loving perennials, sea holly is worth growing because it makes a lovely, long-lasting cut flower and is dazzling in dried floral arrangements.
Sea holly (Eryngium planum) is a tough plant, surviving in extreme cold and poor soils. It has thick, spiky leaves and steel blue or white flowers that resemble thistle plants. The plant gets its name because the foliage resembles holly leaves, while it thrives in coastal areas or in sandy soils. It works equally well in cottage gardens, Mediterranean-style gardens, as part of a perennial border, or as an accent plant.
The plant blooms from early summer to early fall with the most profuse number of flowers in mid-summer. With a long tap root (it’s a member of the carrot family!), it’s drought-tolerant and actually prefers to grow in areas with no supplem