Re: Eryngium
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Eryngium
- From: D* G* <f*@simplegiftsfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:17:28 -0400
At 12:07 PM 7/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I just found the most gorgeous plant in a gallon size: was labelled
>Eryngium planum. When I looked it up, I read about a plant called
>Eryngium alpinum, which sounds like the one I have. Does anyone know if
>these are the same plant?
>
No, they are not the same plant at all although they share more similarities
than differences.
E. alpinum should top out at 60cm. E. planum at 75cm.
E. alpinum leaves - ovate to triangular cordate. E. planum oblong to ovate
oblong also leaves are sessile.
E. alpinum is more a steely blue shade.
E. planum can realistically be considered a garden weed once established in
the garden. We routinely root them out of the back of our border after only
growing it for a few years to see how it would do. It did fine thank you
very much.
Doug.
Doug Green
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