Northeast Gardening: Countdown to spring! One Photo per Day Part 12, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
onewish1, I love your eryngium , which one is it, perhaps one of the Eryngium alpinum??? Which I want, as I think I lost my Blue Glitter. Anyone grow E. alpinum Amethyst? Never seen it in person.

gnam, Nice bunch of Eryngium. I planted Blue Hobbit, but I am not sure it made it back last year, as I don't remember seeing it. I really like the foliage on Jade Frost and on Miss Marple. I have always liked the ghostly gray flowering yuccifolium. It has no blue in it. I have grown the ones below and a couple more including Blue Star. But I need take pictures of them.

Eryngium yuccifolium
Eryngium planum Blue Cap
Eryngium planum Blue Hobbit
Eryngium planum Jade Frost
Eryngium variifolium Miss Marple


Here is my collage for today of that includes a Salvia transylvanica 'Blue Spires' which does well for me, though it gets a bit sprawling with course leaves and has spread, but not out of control and has great presence in size and color when in bloom. It seems to mingle well and blooms for good long while. Combined in the photo with Lilium Cannes and Ensata Oriental Eyes & Salvia transylvanica 'Blue Spires' & Lavender Goodwin Creek Grey. Patti