Eryngium x zabelii 'Pen Blue'

Eryngium x zabelii 'Pen Blue'Buy 1 for $14. 00 Buy 5 for $60. 00 Highly divided, toothed green foliage forms a base for the architecturally appealing flowers. The flowers are metallic blue with a central cone and a skirt of spikey bracts. 'Pen Blue' grows to 60cm when in flower. It prefers full sun and good drainage. Unlike some other Eryngiums that can handle poorer, gravelly soils, 'Pen Blue' prefers good friable soil that is well mulched.

We have found that in our searing heat during Summer (45℃ +) many plants struggle

The word 'gossypinus' means cotton-like in latin

rocky soil in full sun

Very drought tolerant but will look at its best with some irrigation

It is an easy plant to grow as long as the soil is moist

and produces inflorescences with gold tints in late Summer on top of narrow graceful leaves

Summer flowering with beige spikelets of open panicles

Also makes a great cut flower with its well spaced shimmering pin-cushion flowers

Tolerant of frost

While the flowers are small and often go unnoticed visually

Strobilanthes gossypinus forms a rounded

Buddleia crispa has the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit