Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Bambusa We don't know if these

We don't know if these will survive north of Zone 7

Our spores came from 5

although growth is also much slower in these conditions

fleshy rosettes offset slowly making an eye-catching small clump for the rock garden

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Bambusa We don't know if these(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a