Eryngium planum | Blaukappe | Flat Sea Holly Birthday Their height makes you think

Their height makes you think that they should be positioned at the back of the border but they certainly look great at the front of the garden where their stately spires can be admired

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Can be cut back after flowering if you want to tidy them up a bit

With a degree of stretch to the gorgeously-printed fabric

Eryngium planum | Blaukappe | Flat Sea Holly Birthday Their height makes you thinkEryngiums are hardy, full sun loving perennials that make a striking addition to dry, sunny borders and gravel gardens. They have thistle like flowers, made up of tiny flowers packed together in a tight cluster, surrounded by a ruff of spiny bracts, which are modified leaves. The flowerheads last well when cut and can also be dried. 'Blaukappe' (literally blue cap) is a tall growing cultivar to 90 cm tall and 40 cm wide, with small, electric blue