Botanical Name: Limonium suworowii (Psylliostachys suworowii)
Common Name: Russian statice
Type of Plant: dicot: annual
Character summer annual

 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Small clumping, upright plant with fleshy foliage and narrow spikes of tiny pink or lavender flowers held high above the foliage
Height 6-12"
Spread 6-12"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun – tolerates partial shade when planted inland
Soil needs excellent drainage
Hardiness some frost – best if planted in early spring
 
Morphology:
Leaves narrowly elliptical leaves on long petioles; blades to 4" 1-1/2" across; light green and fleshy, apex slightly mucronate
Flowers 18" long slender spikes of rosy-pink flowers; stalks are somewhat twisted and curved, sometimes branched
Fruit tiny capsules 1/16" across
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
excellent border plant, low facer annual, in mass plantings or small-scale plantings; good source of cool color
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average watering; drainage must be good for best performance; not especially drought tolerant
Fertilizing balanced, slow release at planting
Pruning remove dead flower stalks
Pests/Diseases aphids, root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other performs best if planted early; will bloom in early spring
 
Origin: Central Asia
Family: Plumbaginaceae

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