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Fri, Feb 29, 08 at 16:03
| I am planning my front beds for this year and one of my main goals for the beds is to plant native perennials with year-round interest. I really want interesting foliage!
I came across "rattlesnake master" (Eryngium yuccafolium). Does anyone have experience growing these intersting plants? If so, what do they look like in winter? Do they maintain their bluish-green appearance and keep the little spikes on the end? I put a link to a photo of the plant below. Thanks! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rattlesnake master
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| Lots of it growing here, but I have had trouble with getting the seeds to germinate. Two other Eryginum, with similar flower heads are easier for me to germinate. Yale |
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| I had them for a number of years: eventually gave them away. They don’t look very bluish: more of a silvery green. They really were not very interesting: more weedy. If I remember correctly the stalks would flop over early in winter, so there was no winter interest to speak of. The leaf edges are serrated and quite sharp. I cut myself enough times on them that that was a motive in getting rid of them too. |
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- Posted by georgia_transplant 7b (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 08 at 21:30
| Thanks so much mfyss and linea56. Really good info. I think I'll plant something else in that spot. |
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