Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Bambusa Each flower is open for

Each flower is open for two days and the flower color changes to light pink on the second day

mostly-evergreen

highlighted by a Christmas tree-shaped

what else would you expect from monks

fleshy rosettes offset slowly making an eye-catching small clump for the rock garden

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Bambusa Each flower is open for(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a