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Sea holly grows in a tall, clumping format, maxing out around 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide in its second season. It can live for decades in the right conditions. Even better?
Eryngium maritimum, the sea holly or sea eryngo, or sea eryngium, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and native to most European coastlines. It resembles a thistle in appearance because of its burr-shaped inflorescences. Despite its common name, it is not a true holly but an umbellifer.
Eryngium bourgatii, the Mediterranean sea holly (also known as Pyrenean eryngo), is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to Andorra, France and Spain, as well as parts of the Levant, Morocco and Turkey. [1] It is an herbaceous perennial, growing to 15–45 cm (6–18 in) tall.
Sea holly is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Acanthus ebracteatus; Eryngium species, especially: Eryngium maritimum This page was last edited ...
Try these dramatic sea holly varieties for year-long displays of thistle-style flower heads and highly textural foliage
Eryngium alpinum, the alpine sea holly, alpine eryngo or queen of the Alps, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Apiaceae. Description
It grows as an erect, spreading or scrambling shrubby herb, up to 1.5 metres tall, usually with a great many stems. Its leaves are dark green, stiff, with sharp spines at the end of each deep lobe: very much like those of holly (Ilex). Flowers are blue, purple or white, and occur in spikes terminal on the branches.
Eryngium planum, the blue eryngo [1] or flat sea holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the area that includes central and southeastern Europe and central Asia. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle growing to 50 cm (20 in) with branched silvery-blue stems, and numerous small blue conical flowerheads surrounded ...