Eryngium eburneum, candelabra eryngium
Category: Sun Perennials
Family: Apiaceae
Origin: Argentina
Evergreen: yes
Flower Color: light green
Bloom Time: spring
Height: 6 ft
Width: 3 ft
Exposure: sun to part sun
Irrigation: low
Cold Hardiness: 5 F
Description: Native to Argentina, candalabra eryngium is a very impressive plant, not just because of its size and candelabra-like (paniculate) inflorescence, but because it doesn't go dormant, even to 7F! In shade, it isn't quite so vigorous. These open-pollinated seeds were harvested from plants growing near a Mexican species of eryngium (also evergreen), so many seeds might be a hybrid of the two similar plants. Imagine that! Even though it is drought tolerant, this plant will require some watering until established.
Family: Apiaceae
Origin: Argentina
Evergreen: yes
Flower Color: light green
Bloom Time: spring
Height: 6 ft
Width: 3 ft
Exposure: sun to part sun
Irrigation: low
Cold Hardiness: 5 F
Description: Native to Argentina, candalabra eryngium is a very impressive plant, not just because of its size and candelabra-like (paniculate) inflorescence, but because it doesn't go dormant, even to 7F! In shade, it isn't quite so vigorous. These open-pollinated seeds were harvested from plants growing near a Mexican species of eryngium (also evergreen), so many seeds might be a hybrid of the two similar plants. Imagine that! Even though it is drought tolerant, this plant will require some watering until established.
