Eryngium yuccifolium 'Kershaw Blue' (Kershaw Blue Rattlesnake Master)

Sun to Part SunZone: 4-8 30" tall Origin: USA

Open House/Web-Only! New crop available 9-2-2010 (syn: Eryngium yuccifolium A1SC-002) This great drought-tolerant garden perennial is native from Connecticut south to Florida, where it is found in thickets and open prairies...a similar habitat of junked cars. This offering is from a small population I spotted in 2002, along the road in Kershaw Co., South Carolina. Eryngiums aren't usually plants that stop your eye at 55 mph, but this small cluster of four plants was so amazing that we came to a screeching halt thinking we had discovered a new species. The 2" wide, powder-blue leaves were certainly the most dramatic I'd ever seen on this species. In the garden, Eryngium 'Kershaw Blue' forms an 18" tall x 18" wide clump, topped with 30" tall flower spikes of tan, alien-like flowers in late summer. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)