Eryngium variifolium
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Moroccan Sea Holly

Eryngium

Sea Holly

Dynamic is a rare adjective to apply to a plant, but it’s the best we can think of to describe Eryngium. From its leathery lobed leaves to the spiny, decorative bracts that host the flower, the Sea Holly has a sense of movement that is up and out. Excellent in fresh or dried arrangements, the flowers are borne on tall, branching stems, and the terminal blooms hold their color while lateral flowers develop, until the entire stem is covered with mature blossoms.

Eryngiums love well drained soil in the open sun, and are an arresting addition to the mixed border, especially when planted amidst Rudbeckia, the Achilleas, and grasses.

Eryngium variifolium 

The Moroccan Sea Holly is as valuable for its unusual dark and evergreen marbled foliage as for its steel blue flowers set on spiny, silvery bracts atop thick, erect silver-blue stems. Smaller than other Eryngiums, Eryngium variifolium is well suited for an up-front position in the border, in a rock garden or in a container.

Blooms July–August.

Size: 18" high x 10" wide; hardy to zone 5.

Eryngium variifolium (P-0848)
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• Eryngium ‘Big Blue’
• Eryngium bourgatii
• Eryngium planum ‘Blaukappe’
• Eryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’
• Eryngium planum ‘Silver Salentino’
• Eryngium proteiflorum
• Eryngium ‘Sapphire Blue’
• Eryngium x zabelii ‘Jos Eijking’