Eryngium yuccifolium is
a great one for the dry flower arrangers and works as well as a fresh cut
flower. Eryngium yuccifolium has gray leaves reminiscent of a grass
or yucca. The Button Eryngo grows flower spikes three to four feet
tall and gradually spreads forming a loose cluster of plants. So far
Eryngium yuccifolium has not been bothered by the gophers, the cold
weather or the errant mower. Plants don't transplant well.
Eryngiun yuccifolium gets by on dry to moderately moist soilsand grows
best in full Sun. Our plants have gone completely dormant
each Winter. Eryngium yuccifolium blooms through the Summer with the
flowers drying into the Fall. Eryngium yuccifolium is native
grasslands of the
Eastern US and is Winter hardy to zone 3.
High resolution images
of Eryngium yuccifolium are available.
