Botanical Name: Limonium perezii
Common Name: Sea lavender
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape tight rosettes of fleshy, leathery basal leaves with large airy clusters of small purple and white flowers
Height 1-1/2' - 3'
Spread 2' - 3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil needs good drainage
Hardiness some frost (zones 13, 16, 17, 20-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves broadly ovate to rhomboid, to 12" long, on long petioles; margins undulate; thick, leathery texture, sometimes partially folded
Flowers panicles of small purple and white flowers - calyx purple, corolla white
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
seed, division
 
Usage:
small accent for flower color, used in perennial borders; excellent in mass plantings, coastal plantings
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers fairly infrequent watering; somewhat drought tolerant
Fertilizing balanced fertilizer in spring
Pruning thin out clumps, divide when over-crowded, discard center
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Canary Islands
Family: Plumbaginaceae

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