dear fellow enthusiasts my wife and i travel to zakynthos for holidays in the spring and autumn. lately we have been travelling nearer to summer and our last holiday was in early to mid june 2010. my wife would like help in identifying a plant which she delights in, as yet i do not know if it is a garden plant but would make a good garden deterrent or flower display addition. it is a plant -looking like a space arrival - which turns from green to blue. eventually the whole plant is a wonderful steely-blue with a dry yellow flower see attachment thanks stephen
Welcome stevron. Looks like an Eryngium sp. Yes, they grow very well in Britain! http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=er...sc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium
thanks for that it does seem to be the Eryngium Campestre [Field Eryngoe] and i shall follow this up the aspect of colour change is hardly mentioned and this was 'it' for us. I'll try to get better blues pix and post them thanks stevron
dear all the E.Campestre pix so far are too leafy, any links for a closer match? attached the plant and a worthwhile closer look stevron
Possibly Eryngium creticum. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/api2.jpg http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Apiaceae_2/433_08
well, silver surfer you have earned my thanks and praise that is it, it even passes my wife's skeptical eye thanks stevron
