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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.
Common names include eryngo and sea holly (though not to be confused with true hollies, of the genus Ilex). These are annual and perennial herbs with hairless and usually spiny leaves . The dome-shaped umbels of steely blue or white flowers have whorls of spiny basal bracts .
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. The spherical, blue flowerheads have typically ...
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Try these dramatic sea holly varieties for year-long displays of thistle-style flower heads and highly textural foliage.
Capital of a Corinthian pilaster in Paris. Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear's breeches, sea dock, [2] bear's foot plant, sea holly, gator plant or oyster plant, [3] is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae and is native to the Mediterranean region.
Eryngium ebracteatum Lam., the burnet-flowered sea holly, is a herbaceous perennial native to damp grasslands in South America. The species is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental plant . Etymology