Pampas Grass

Catalogue 2012 Page 24
Eragrostis trichodes - Similar to Agrostis montevidensis, with huge panicles of reddish
Sand Love Grass pink panicles of flowers. 3ft.
Erigeron glaucus Evergreen mats of grey-green leaves, topped by pink daisy
flowers all summer. Thrives in seaside areas and can be seen
growing in abundance forming large mats in many gardens along
the seafront at Sandgate.
Erigeron
Charming low-growing mat-forming plant producing a mass of
karvinskianus AGM - daisy flowers on slender stems which dance in the wind. Flowers
Dancing Daisy open white and fade pink giving a beautiful effect of two
Eryngium
flower colours. Very floriferous. Dry, sunny site. Will seed itself
in cracks in paving or walls.
Thistle like flower heads are useful
for drying. Many species have very
handsome foliage. Easily grown on
well drained soil in an open position.
Eryngium agavifolium Forms a large rosette of long narrow
bright green leaves edged with sharp
teeth. Green thistle like flowers, August
on stout stems. An arresting plant. 5ft.
Eryngium alpinum Large steely blue finely cut ruff, big central cone and dark blue
'Blue Star'
stems makes this Eryngium really stand out! Heart shaped glossy
green leaf. 2ft.
Eryngium bourgatii Silver-blue deeply cut leaves form a mound. Deep violet
Graham Stuart
Thomas's Selection
coloured flower heads from June to August. To 2ft.
Eryngium
Branching upright stems bear elongated purplish flowers. Forms
ebracteatum Phoenix
Plants Form
a clump of yucca-like foliage. 2ft.
Eryngium
ebracteatum var.
poteroides
Narrow green leaves with a spiny edge form a rosette, above
which rises slender stems bearing many small dark cones.
Elegant and intriguing, lovely with grasses and late perennials!
To 3ft.
Eryngium eburneum Masses of smaller creamy green cones on every stem, structural
and interesting. 4ft.
Eryngium giganteum "MissWilmott's Ghost" . Whitish large bracts surround a white
cone. Silvery green foliage with white nerves. Bi-annual,
Eryngium
develops a ground hugging rosette in the first year, often selfseeds.
3ft.
A plant of the highest architectural merit. Blue-green strap-like
pandanifolium AGM leaves, some 4-6 feet long, with spiny edges, topped in late
summer by several enormous branched flower stems with
hundreds of purplish red clusters of thistle flowers. Needs plenty
of space. To 8ft.
Eryngium
Rare and extremely desireable plant with wide silver-white ruff
proteiflorum round a large green cone. Green strap-like leaves. From Mexico,
requires winter protection. 2ft.
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