About
A cheerful annual, reaching 30-80cm, with a bushy habit. It produces abundant flowers. 'Magical Stone' is valued in garden settings.
About the genus
Eryngium can be annuals, biennials or perennials with simple or divided leaves, often spiny edged, and cone-like flower-heads often surrounded by an involucre of conspicuous spiny bracts
Plant details
Suggested usesBedding, containers
Care notes
CultivationFertile moist soil, sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow spring
Pest resistanceAphids, slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould