About
Limonium mouretii is a species of sea lavender in the Plumbaginaceae family. It is also traded as statice and belongs to the genus Limonium. The plant flowers from June to September. As a member of Limonium it sits within a group familiar to gardeners for their summer flowering habit.
About the genus
Limonium is a genus of about 600 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary.
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In the garden
Limonium mouretii belongs to the genus Limonium in the Plumbaginaceae and is commonly known as Sea Lavender or Statice. The genus has a wide, largely Eurasian and North African distribution, with its greatest diversity from the Canary Islands, through the Mediterranean and into central Asia, and many species in the group are adapted to coastal or saline conditions. Plants in this genus typically arise from a perennial base and produce summer flowerheads; Limonium mouretii flowers from June to September, offering colour through midsummer into early autumn. Many Limonium species cope well with free-draining, calcareous or saline soils and exposed sites, so give specimens a sunny, well-drained spot where salt spray or alkaline conditions are present or likely. Avoid heavy, waterlogged soil. In the UK garden, Limonium mouretii suits gravel beds, coastal margins and mixed borders where a summer display is required; it integrates with other summer-flowering perennials and grasses. Prune back faded stems after the main flowering to maintain a tidy clump. Because it flowers from June to September, it helps bridge the gap between high summer perennials and autumn-flowering plants.
More in the Limonium genus
- Limonium latifoliumSea-lavender
- Limonium latifolium 'Blue Cloud'Sea Lavender
- Limonium latifolium 'Violetta'Sea Lavender
- Limonium x neumaniiSea-Lavender