Eryngium Sea Holly - Blue Star

DESCRIPTION: A most compact sea holly with unusual and show-stopping prickly steel-blue flowers with darker blue stems, thistle-like; tolerates hot dry sites; attractive to butterflies; pair up with softer textured plants, beautiful in dried arrangements

BOTANICAL NAME: Eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit'
AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 30 cm
AVERAGE MATURE SPREAD: 30 cm
SUN EXPOSURE: Full sun 
FLOWER COLOUR: Steel blue with lime green buds
FLOWERING TIME: Summer
FOLIAGE COLOUR: Deep green
COLD HARDINESS: Zone 3 ( Should survive up to -39.9° Celsius )
WATER NEEDS: Drought tolerant
OTHER FEATURES: Attractive Foliage, Attracts Butterflies, Border, Cut Flowers, Rabbit Resistant, Low Maintenance, Rock Garden

Ornamental Features

Blue Hobbit Sea Holly features bold clusters of steel blue ball-shaped flowers with silver bracts at the ends of the stems from early summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive spiny lobed leaves remain silvery blue in colour throughout the season. The royal blue stems are very colorful and add to the overall interest of the plant.