Sea holly is a perennial flower known for its striking purple-blue, thistle-like blooms that appear from midsummer to fall. With dark green leaves and an easy-care nature, it thrives in dry to medium ...

The plant blooms from early summer to early fall with the most profuse number of flowers in mid-summer. With a long tap root (it’s a member of the carrot family!), it’s drought-tolerant and actually ...

Eryngium, commonly called sea holly or Alpine thistle, is a plant that grows well in Redlands. Eryngium is native to Europe, the Mediterranean, Siberia and the Balkans. Its name comes from the Greek ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. sea holly varieties Big Blue in bloom in sunny border There are 250 species of sea holly varieties to choose from, spanning dainty ...

Globe thistle’s pale purple to steel blue flowers, held high on stiff stems above coarse dark green foliage, are stealing the show this summer in gardens where they grow. Sea holly is a close second ...

I like bees and not only because they pollinate our plants and make honey. Bees, like butterflies and hummingbirds, adorn the flowers like ornaments on a Christmas tree. So when I find a plant at a ...

What: Eryngium agavifolium, the agave-leaf sea holly, is a distinctive foliage perennial for the Northwest. Since agaves do not like our cold and wet winters, with a little imagination this can serve ...

This one is no fun to handle. It is just as prickly as it looks. Yet, it is the spiny foliage and blooms that make 'Big Blue' sea holly (Eryngium X zabelii 'Big Blue') so appealing. The knobby blue ...