{"title":"Eryngium","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe common name, sea holly, refers to \u003cem\u003eEryngium maritinum\u003c\/em\u003e, a coastal species whose leaves are holly-shaped. While there are many annuals and biennials in the genus \u003cem\u003eEryngium\u003c\/em\u003e, we have chosen primarily the longer-lived species which are prized for their interesting foliage and alien-like flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough beautiful, these are not friendly plants. The leaves, bracts and flower petals are all covered with spines. If you are brave enough to cut one, eryngium flowers look wonderful in a vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing Conditions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEryngium prefers full sun and a warm site. Most of the species we offer require dry, well-drained planting sites. They resent being disturbed once established.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eryngium-ravenelii-charleston-blues","title":"Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid-August, is topped with 30\" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae-like clusters of 6-10 blue fuzzy, thumb-sized ball-like flower heads...a superb pollinator plant. Eryngium ravenelii is critically imperiled in its native wetland alkaline habitat from South Carolina to northern Florida. Our offering is seed grown from a Charleston County, South Carolina collection. In the garden, Eryngium ravenelii is easy to grow in moist to average moisture soils, that are near slightly acidic to slightly alkaline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca title=\"Eryngium ravenelii 'Charleston Blues' video\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ADTWptzuVls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for growing tips and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6363380580391,"sku":"13008","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Eryngium-ravenelii-Charleston-Blues.i-13008.s-68461.r-1_365c90a9-237f-4802-b1ee-9169406d6219.jpg?v=1792083768"},{"product_id":"eryngium-yuccifolium-berserkley","title":"Eryngium yuccifolium Berserkley","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Eryngium yuccifolium A5SC-033) Eryngium 'Berserkley' is not your grandmother's rattlesnake master. On a 2022 botanizing trip to coastal SC, we spotted a mowed off clump with particularly large leaves, growing in a wet roadside ditch. Within two years, a single division we brought home has grown into a monstrous 7' tall specimen. The 3\" wide green leaves adorn the base, as it shoots skyward in spring. By late June, the towering flower stalks of green balls begin to open drawing in the pollinators, which consist mostly of native bees. If you'd like to look up to your pollinators, this is for you. We have our plants of this 2025 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction growing in dry sun, where it also thrives.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41907025576023,"sku":"18343","price":18.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Eryngium-yuccifolium-Berserkley.i-18343.s-68163.r-1_70732e93-9f70-46e2-b423-37cbf63aa815.jpg?v=1791987856"},{"product_id":"eryngium-heterophyllum-marfa","title":"Eryngium heterophyllum Marfa","description":"\u003cp\u003eEryngium heterophyllum 'Marfa' is a 2026 introduction of a Patrick McMillan\/Zac Hill seed collection near Marfa, Texas. In the wild, it can be found between 4,000' and 7,000' elevation, near watercourses in the region surrounding west Texas. The green basal rosette gives rise to 20\" tall, naked silvery stalks, topped in September with branched, spiny flower clusters that open with a blue cast, but age quickly to silver. Strangely enough, this is a wetland species, but it also is quite drought tolerant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/7tSVKa79W3g\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44091868446807,"sku":"18935","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Eryngium-heterophyllum-Marfa.i-18935.s-68640.r-1.jpg?v=1791289633"},{"product_id":"eryngium-eburneum-la-pampa","title":"Eryngium eburneum La Pampa","description":"\u003cp\u003eEryngium eburneum 'La Pampa' is a seed strain from Central Argentina, shared by Ohio plantsman, Curt Hanson. 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