#broad-leavedstatice

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 30 July 2022

Both the dark-green leaves and rich purple flowers make Limonium platyphyllum 'Violetta' (broad-leaved statice) a useful plant for the dry garden as well as a cut flower. The plant needs full sun in a well drained soil.

Jill Raggett

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 18 July 2020

In the Sky Meadow at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Hyde Hall, Essex, it was great to see the sprays composed of the tiny flowers of Limonium platyphyllum (sea lavender, broad-leaved statice). This rosette-forming perennial has large, broadly spoon-shaped leaves, and is well suited to this dry hill top; with the seed sown on a bed of free draining sand. The elegant panicles of dainty, lavender-blue flowers formed a misty appearance that associated beautifully with a range of other plant species.

Jill Raggett