Among the most attractive in the garden are the eryngoes - or Eryngium.Eryngoes, also called sea hollies, are perennial ...

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Eryngium Bourgatii, 1920 photogravure 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.) "The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its ...

Some of the best spiny plants are the Acanthus spinosus Spinosissimus Group; Galactites tomentosa, the biennial Mediterranean thistle; Eryngium bourgatii, one of the most heavily armed plants ...

There are a few varieties, Eryngium serbicum, also known as Serbian sea holly, Eryngium bourgatii, also known as Mediterranean sea holly and Eryngium alpinum, also known as alpine eryngo.

This plant barely reaches 2ft high. E. bourgatii has variegated foliage and almost circular thimbles in soft blue, but the plants keep only one or two leaves during winter.

The following are some of the most popular varieties of sea holly. • Eryngium bourgatii or Mediterranean sea holly grows 1 to 2 feet high. Native to the Pyrenees, it has palmate divided basal ...