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    Eryngium venustum

    Also Known As

    • Eryngium umbellifera
    • Mexican Sea Holly
    • Sea Holly

    Plant type

    perennial

    size

    • H: 12"-24"
    • W: 8"-15"

    planting zones

    • 6a-10b

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    Eryngium venustum plant details

    Eryngium venustum is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In summer silver flowers emerge. Attracts bees, birds and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty, rocky and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Eryngium venustum

    Plant type: perennial
    Plant family: apiaceae
    Foliage: deciduous green
    Mature size: 8 IN - 15 IN - wide, 12 IN - 24 IN - tall
    Flowers: silver blooms in summer
    Uses: cutting garden, dried-arrangements, serrated leaves, spiky, textural

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Eryngium venustum

    USDA Zones: 6a - 10b
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
    Watering frequency: even moisture - low
    Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat
    Soil needs: average, gritty, rocky and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    This is one mean plant…we hate to handle them. They are spined in two directions and like to hurt us. But they are beautiful…symmetrical whorls of spined foliage, topped by green spined flowers in early summer. Sometimes beauty can be painful. This mean little plant creates an architectural rosette about 12” wide with flower stems to about 2’…evergreen in warmer climates. Full sun, good soil drainage, semi-regular water. Deer and critter resistant (wonder why?).

    By: Secret Garden Growers

    Fantastic rosettes fishbone skeleton foliage topped by silvery spiny flowers on 40 cm stems venustum is unlike anything else in the genus. ZONE 4

    By: Arrowhead Alpines

    Great prickly rosettes of foliage with 20" stems bearing cone-shaped greenish white flowers skirted by flaring very interesting bracts. These love a drier gravelly soil and good drainage. The flowers dry well and finches go for the seeds. The plant in general is scorned by deer.

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    Perhaps you need something strange & otherworldly for your low water garden? Well, look no further than this petite Mexican perennial with spacey, spikey leaves & starry silver thistle-like flowers. It is a prickly plant, but attractively so & we don't need all of our plants to be softly pretty, do we? Leaves are very boldly serrated & make a striking pattern even before the flowering stems arise. It's super easy to grow & very tough, needing very little water & surviving in hot, hot sun. It even reseeds a tad, so you'll get a few free plants down the road! To 2' high & a bit more than 1' wide.

    By: Annie's Annuals & Perennials

    Gardening facts about Eryngium venustum plant

    How to Grow Eryngium venustum

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly sun

    • Water Needs

      • even moisture - drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained
      • rocky
      • gritty

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • silver

    • Wildlife

      • birds
      • bees
      • butterflies
      • deer resistant
      • rabbit resistant

    • Flower Season

      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

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    Plant Type

    Perennial

    Zones

    7a-10b

    Size

    Height: 5'

    Width: 3'

    • sun - mostly shade
    • even moisture - regular
    Photo of Eryngium alternatum foliage by Stan Shebs
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    Eryngium paniculatum

    aka Chupalla, Sea Holly

    Plant Type

    Perennial

    Zones

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    Size

    Height: 2'-6'

    Width: 2'-4'

    • sun - mostly shade
    • even moisture - drought tolerant
    Photo of Eryngium paniculatum flower by Stan Shebs
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    Eryngium agavifolium

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    Plant Type

    Perennial

    Zones

    6a-9b

    Size

    Height: 3'-5'

    Width: 24"

    • sun
    • even moisture - drought tolerant
    • dry in summer
    Photo of Eryngium agavifolium foliage, form by Kenpei
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    Eryngium bourgatii

    aka Mediterranean Sea Holly

    Plant Type

    Perennial

    Zones

    4a-9b

    Size

    Height: 2'

    Width: 1'

    • sun
    • even moisture - drought tolerant
    Photo of Eryngium bourgatii foliage by Cistus Nursery
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    Eryngium 'Sapphire Blue' PP11088

    aka Sapphire Blue Sea Holly

    Plant Type

    Perennial

    Zones

    5a-9b

    Size

    Height: 2'-3'

    Width: 1'-2'

    • sun
    • even moisture - drought tolerant
    Photo of Eryngium 'Sapphire Blue' PP11088 flower by Dancing Oaks Nursery
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