FLOWER GARDEN

Type:  Perennial

Species:  25

Height:  25-50cm

Growing:  Europe, Asia

Flowers:  Blue, Purple

Kingdom:  Plantae

Unranked:  Magnoliophyta

Order:  Caryophyllales

Family:  Plumbaginaceae

Genus:  Acantholimon

ACANTHOLIMON. Dwarf evergreen plants, somewhat resembling thrift, but with stiff, spiny leaves, suitable for the rockery. A popular species is glumaceum, which bears a profusion of rose-coloured flower’s in summer.  Venustum also has a rose flower.

These sea lavenders thrive in warm, gritty, well-drained soil. They are propagated by cuttings or layers taken in the late summer. The slips must be wintered in a cold frame, and do not make good plants until the second year Pron. Ak-an-tho-li’-mon.

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