Eryngium planum 'Blauer Zwerg' ('Blue Dwarf')

031-032-1 Eryngium planum 'Blauer Zwerg' ('Blue Dwarf') ( Dwarf sea holly )
Joy Creek Photo Archive (c) all rights reserved	As the German name indicates, this selection of sea holly is much shorter than typical and so is better suited to the ever-decreasing size of the urban garden. Eryngium planum 'Blauer Zwerg' has showy blue-green bracts surrounding rounded blue flower heads. The leathery basal leaves are prickly to the touch. While somewhat oblong in shape, they have distinctly toothed margins. The stem leaves are more palmate in shape and often are stained metalic blue echoing the colorful stems and bracts. Midsummer to early autumn. 20 in. x 18 in. Blue flowers *Sun Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9*