General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Color: Other: light bluegrey
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Sea Holly
  • Amethyst Sea Holly

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-06-21
#Pollination
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2013-07-05
  1:44 pm. A striking plant, but very prickly.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2015-06-24
  3:42 pm. Such a gorgeous display of blue!

Date: 2004-06-14
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Date: 2011-08-09
Planted 5-1-09; first time it bloomed (moved three times)
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2013-06-30
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-06-08
Location: Canton, OH
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2013-07-12
  1:24 pm. Blue - purple stems are so striking.
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-16
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-06-21
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-16

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-07-05

Date: 2012-04-10
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-10
At Cooks Nursery

Date: 2012-04-10
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2011-05-21
still young will become more blue with age
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Comments:
  • Posted by Oberon46 (Chester, VA - Zone 7b) on Nov 14, 2011 11:58 AM concerning plant:
    This plant is stunning. I have it in full sun all day in average garden soil and it is still vibrant. It starts out fairly silvery but deepens to a dark rich blue. The blooms last almost all summer. I have tried to save seeds this summer and will find out next spring if I have been successful. I lost one of the three I planted the first year (2008), moved the remaining two at least three times, and finally this summer (2011) both plants bloomed prolifically.

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