Buy Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'

Also Known As

Blue Glitter Sea Holly

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 2'-40"
W: 18"-24"

planting zones

5a-9b

3.5 inch pot | $12

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Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter' plant details

Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with blue and green foliage. In summer blue flowers emerge. Attracts bees 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 acidic, alkaline, average, clay, gritty and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and seaside / salt tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: apiaceae
Foliage: deciduous blue and green
Mature size: 18 IN - 24 IN - wide, 2 FT - 40 IN - tall
Flowers: blue blooms in summer
Uses: container plant, cutting garden, dried-arrangements, easy-to-grow, spiky, textural

GROWING CONDITIONS for Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat and seaside / salt
Soil needs: acidic, alkaline, average, clay, gritty and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Drought? Baking hot spot? Deer? No problem! ‘Blue Glitter’ throws out more flowers sooner than older varieties on well branched plants. Tough and well-armed, the careful gardener adores these eye-catching steel blue thistle flowers for arrangements (fresh or dried). Plants stand tall at 2-3’ in clumps half as wide; they bask in full sun and are best in sandy, well drained, dry soils (they also tolerate semi-regular watering). Bloom time starts in June and goes through September.

By: Secret Garden Growers

Developed as a superior cut flower variety, prized for its intense silvery blue color, longevity in the vase, and its appeal in dry flower bouquets. It also excels in the garden bed, pairing well with cone flowers, grasses, deep blue annual clary and more. Bees and butterflies adore it! Easily grown in well-drained, even poor soils, with low moisture once established.

By: Select Seeds

Small, egg-shaped clusters of blue flowers are subtended by blue bracts and blue stems. A great thistle-like plant for accent, texture and conversation! Great in hot, dry locations. This peculiar genus from the carrot family is widespread with its centre of diversity in South America with additional species in Europe and North America.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Pressing upward through fine saw-toothed, green succulent-like leaves, an abundance of multibranched pewter-blue stems yields some 85 _-in. shimmering blue pincushions perched on spiny collars. This new Ernst Benary selection promises to inspire gardeners and florists alike with a taller sturdy stature and profuse brilliantly colored blooms, which mature quickly and make long lasting cut flowers.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

Another extra blue selection of this beautiful sea holly. This form is a good 2-3 tall, selected for use as a cut flower. Zone 4.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

A mass (over 50!) 1/2" pincushions of glittering blue top the well-branched 2-3' spiny blue stems of this sturdier, brilliantly eye-catching Ernst Benary selection July-Sept.; great cut flower. S/M/GDr

By: Forestfarm

Newer German introduction with succulent green leaves and slate-blue stems with a multitude - no, a plethora of half inch blue pincushions set on spined collars. Spined collars. So glad I was too old for the punk scene. Excellent cut or dried deer holds no terror for this plant.