Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants
Eryngium variifolium
Eryngium variifolium
Available Summer 2027
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Plants are dispatched in growing condition and may not be in full flower. If too tall to pack safely, we may cut them back — this helps them establish more quickly. Read our Mail Order FAQs.
Eryngium variifolium, commonly known as Variable-leaved Eryngo or Moroccan Sea Holly, is an evergreen perennial grown as much for its foliage as its flowers. Basal rosettes of glossy, dark green leaves are boldly marked with white veins, providing year-round interest at the front of a border. In summer, branching stems carry small, cream thistle-like flowers surrounded by spiny silver bracts.
The architectural seedheads persist well into winter, adding structure long after flowering has finished. It thrives in well-drained soil in full sun or light shade and works well in gravel gardens and drought-tolerant planting schemes.