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Common name Crete eryngo; field eryngo Family apiaceae Life cycle perennial Flowers blue Light sun From seed Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early. detailed seed-starting info below Seed ripens late September Native to southeast Europe, western Asia and Egypt. A fairly typical eryngium of the all-blue type. It bloomed profusely the same year we started it from seed, the flowers carried in a much denser tangle of wiry stems than its lookalikes (E. planum and E. tripartitum in our garden). The leaves have the same leathery quality, but are larger than others in our garden. I don't know if it will prove hardy in our climate (whose winters are much harsher than those on Crete!).

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: orchard nursery area

Read about all the eryngium species in our garden

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2008. Seed from '07 trade. Baggy 65F (50%G, 5-15d).
      Also Baggy 35F (33d; 20%G, 33d) - 70F (42%G, 2-6d)

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