Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants
Eryngium bourgatii 'Lapis Blue'
Eryngium bourgatii 'Lapis Blue'
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Eryngium bourgatii ‘Lapis Blue’ is a very striking sea holly, with snowflake-like prickly bracts surrounding bold blue cones that stand out above the prickly green and white foliage. Initially steely blue when they open in midsummer, the flower heads mature to deep blue before fading to buff.
An architectural perennial well suited to gravel and dry gardens, it also combines beautifully with Erigeron karvinskianus, Scabiosa, and Stachys for a contrast in textures within a border. Highly attractive to bees and other pollinators, the faded flower heads remain upright into winter, looking particularly striking in frost and providing a useful food source for birds. It thrives in free-draining, even poor soil in full sun, and is well suited to coastal gardens.
Synonym: Eryngium ‘Lapis Blue’
Height × Spread: 40cm × 50cm
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