Eryngium Tiny Jackpot

Eryngium 'Tiny Jackpot' is a perennial noted for its compact spiky steel blue inflorescences carried on short blue stems during the summer months.

This sea holly is a dwarf variety that will not exceed 35 cm (14in) in height. It has highly branched stems above heart-shaped rosettes of leaves, as well as flowers gathered in numerous small heads forming delicate steel blue stars between July and September. The spiny margins of the colourful bracts, which resemble thistles, are the origin of its other common name, ornamental thistle.

From picturesque to contemporary scenes, its colours ranging from green to silver and its graphic design allow Eryngium to blend in to many situations. Ideally in full sun, Eryngium 'Tiny Jackpot' loves heat and drought, and adapts to all sunny, well-drained and deep soils with a calcareous tendency; it even withstands coastal areas. What it dislikes most is moisture, especially during winter, which can kill it. To extend its decorative effect beyond the beautiful days outdoors, you can easily make dry bouquets because it retains its lovely shades when dried.

Eryngium Tiny Jackpot grows well in rock gardens, flower beds, wild or contemporary gardens alongside Gauras, Mulleins (Verbascums), Sages (Salvias or Perovskias) or some Stipas.