Eryngium maritimum - Kruisdistel (5-10)

Eryngium maritimum - Kruisdistel (5-10)
€ 0,45

Hoogte: 25 cm.

Bloeit: jun-okt

Type: HP

Winterhard in: zones 5-11 (-15C)

 

Deze blauwe plant is uitstekend aan droge zandgrond aangepast. Beetje prikkelig, maar zeer fijn voor bestuivers. Snijbloem

 

Zaai-instructies: zaai in herfst, zet buiten, kiem in lente

Plant-instructies: volle zon/goeddoorlatende grond

 

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Description: A native wild flower found growing on sandy and shingly shores around the coasts of the British Isles. It is a highly ornamental plant with spiny, leathery, intensely whitish-glaucous leaves and roundish heads of pale blue flowers. The young, tender flowering shoots can be eaten like Asparagus. In Tudor times the roots were candied and known as eringoes eaten as sweetmeats.

 

 

Height: 25 cm.

Flowers: jun-oct

Type: HP

Hardy in: zones 5-11 (-15 Celsius)

 

Sowing instructions: Sow in autumn and put outside. Will germinate in spring.

Planting instructions: full sun and very well draining soil.