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eryngium





Valerie Lowery@ZEON
10/30/98 12:53 PM

For those who are interested in the above-mentioned plant, let me tell you
of my experience.  I ordered two plants from White Flower Farm.  I received
huge, healthy plants.  The first year they stayed little rosettes and did
not grow much.  This year, they grew to almost four feet and about three
feet wide.  They are supposedly biennial.  But, be careful about where you
put these!  The contrast of this plant in the border is wonderful; the
greyish-white leaves and "blooms" stand out.  The "blooms", and I use the
term loosely, are other-worldly.  I've never seen anything else like them
except for certain varieties of protea (sp?), which grows in Hawaii (the
Big Island).

Another thing to think about is that this plant has very sharp edges to the
leaves and the blooms are prickly.  Not nice to rub against this plant in
shorts, let me tell you.  But then again, this IS the rose list and I'm
sure all of us knows how to protect ourselves from thorns and such ilk.
I've placed these near some sea kale (botanical name?), which supposedly
will bloom in June with baby's breath-like blooms, but at a height of five
feet (again, I like the bloom contrast here).  I've also purchased it from
WWF.  This year was it's second and it still did not bloom, yet has leaves
a full 12" wide.  It is huge and I figured the two can duke it out in the
back of the border.

Val in KY
zone 6a
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