Eryngium planum | Blaukappe | Flat Sea Holly Birthday The Kew Gardener's Guide to

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Bulbs is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs

cottage gardens or naturalistic plantings

Their height makes you think that they should be positioned at the back of the border but they certainly look great at the front of the garden where their stately spires can be admired

relatively short stems and will have contrasting white bees or same colour bee

An excellent choice as a cut flower

Eryngium planum | Blaukappe | Flat Sea Holly Birthday The Kew Gardener's Guide toEryngiums are hardy, full sun loving perennials that make a striking addition to dry, sunny borders and gravel gardens. They have thistle like flowers, made up of tiny flowers packed together in a tight cluster, surrounded by a ruff of spiny bracts, which are modified leaves. The flowerheads last well when cut and can also be dried. 'Blaukappe' (literally blue cap) is a tall growing cultivar to 90 cm tall and 40 cm wide, with small, electric blue