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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