I'd given up my Eryngium maritimum for dead. It should be hardy to 20 degrees BELOW zero but last winter the growing tip got hard and crusty and then the whole plant just sort of melted and disappeared. Dead, right? So naturally I put the word out I was in need of a replacement, Scott emailed me a photo when he spotted them at Portland Nursery, I was there the next day. Plant bought!
![]()
I loved it's placement in the garden so I did my best to replicate it. That's it at the bottom of this photo...
![]()
And what's that? Ya, the original plant returning a week later, about a foot to the North, hey I was kind of close...
![]()
The orange arrow is pointing to the old plant and the new plant is obvious at the bottom of the photo. Whodda thought in May plants would still be showing up? It's a good thing...
![]()
Oh and check this out! I Googled Eryngium maritimum and this crazy photo showed up on the Wiki. The entry is in Polish and doesn't even make much sense when translated, but this scene, it's pretty bizarre...
![]()
All material © 2009-2014 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
I loved it's placement in the garden so I did my best to replicate it. That's it at the bottom of this photo...
And what's that? Ya, the original plant returning a week later, about a foot to the North, hey I was kind of close...
Oh and check this out! I Googled Eryngium maritimum and this crazy photo showed up on the Wiki. The entry is in Polish and doesn't even make much sense when translated, but this scene, it's pretty bizarre...
All material © 2009-2014 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.