Sea Lavender
Sea Lavender. Virtually pest and disease free. Sea lavender is a common name applied to flowering plants of the genus limonium and the family plumbaginaceae, also known as the leadwort family.
Gather the lavender into small bundles and tie the stems with string. Sea lavender, (genus limonium), also called statice or marsh rosemary, genus of about 300 species of chiefly perennial herbaceous plants of the family plumbaginaceae. The name comes from its similarity in.
When Planting, Sow Seed Directly In The Ground.
Keep an eye out for crown and root rot and make sure you provide good air circulation. Also known as marsh rosemary and lavender thrift, sea lavender ( limonium carolinianum ), which has nothing to do with lavender, rosemary or thrift, is a perennial plant often found growing wild in salt marshes and along coastal sand dunes. Sometimes known as limonium latifolium.
All Parts Of The Plant Are Downy And The Flowers Come In.
Its principal distribution is in the saltmarshes of the north coast from holme to cley. At the same time, it demonstrates energizing benefits by boosting cell metabolism. The flower is often used in dried arrangements.
Grows Well In Seaside Conditions, Along Palisades, Dunes And Embankments.
Sea lavender has a clumping almost shrub like habit with big oval leathery leaves. Wide (20 cm), of tiny flowers with intense purple calyces and white corollas. Growing from rocky outcroppings, sea lavender is drought tolerant and thrives in sandy soil.
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