Miss Willmott's Ghost
Common Name: Miss Willmott's Ghost
Genus: Eryngium
Species: giganteum
Skill Level: Beginner
Exposure: Full sun
Hardiness: Hardy
Soil type: Well-drained/light, Moist, Sandy
Height: 90cm
Spread: 30cm
Time to plant seeds: August to October
Time to divide plants: March to April
Flowering period: June to August
This biennial sea holly produces a rosette of fleshy green leaves in its first season. Its character changes in the second year when it produces a stiff, much-branched stem with showy, silvery white flower heads, composed of a cone of tiny flowers and viciously spiny bracts.
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