Eryngium maritimum

BEACH SEA HOLLY

Eryngium maritimum
BEACH SEA HOLLY

Mass of metallic blue cones & silver ruffs. Lovely silver-grey foliage rosette. Excellent cut fresh or dried flowers. Full Sun. Water-wise. Drought hardy. Copes in poor soils, including sandy, coastal. Evergreen perennial clump. Hardy in frost, dry, heat, salt. 75cm H x 60cm W.

SEED SOWING ADVICE:

Sow at any time of year in punnets indoors / or scatter in garden winter-early spring. Seeds need cold.

INDOORS: Sow in punnets on surface of good quality seed raising mix. Cover lightly with mix to same diameter as seed. Keep moist. 18-22C approx. for 2-4 weeks. Then cling wrap punnet & place in fridge (not freezer) for 4-6 weeks. Unwrap & remove to unheated, cool place. Most seedlings should emerge in 5-30 days. But do not discard. Some seeds may come later. Prick out as seedlings as soon as possible to larger pots. Form long tap roots.

SEED COUNT: 8 seeds per pack approx.
(We always aim to exceed the stated seed count, and give a generous serve).

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