Sea Holly - Eryngium Maritimum, c.1910 - K-Win Postcard

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Earlier this year I distinctly remember saying that I wasn’t going to bother with the garden this year because I just couldn’t be bothered. I definitely wasn’t going to have any more hardy banana plants because they’re not cheap and I’ve never managed to get them through a winter successfully.

Anyway, here I am at the end of July, I’ve run out of space for more plants and I have 3 hardy bananas! I did “no mow May” and was convinced I’d killed the lawn after mowing it because it was a mess but with some over seeding and a good fertiliser it’s the best it’s ever been. Yes, I need to try and level out some of the worst bumps but that can wait for next year

I was inspired by watching the bumble bees attack my one sea holly to buy more (which probably won’t bloom this year) and then I grew borage from seed to keep the bees happier for longer and a few more salvia for the same reason. (Next year will be all about the bees!). My solar powered plant irrigator keeps the more sensitive plants watered (from a large bucket) for when I’m away but most things here are drought tolerant.

I’m really rather pleased with the results!

#gardening #borage #seaholly #bees

Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) blooms. A Salt tolerant, hardy coastal plant. Apparently was considered to be an aphrodisiac in the 1500s and 1600s. Not sure what happened in the meantime 🤣
County Clare, Ireland.

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We grew a few eryngium planum (blue eryngo or flat sea holly) this year. I wish photos could do justice to their intense blue-violet colour, but more importantly the bees really love them.

#yeg #gardening #bee #bees #ErygiumPlanum #BlueEryngo #SeaHolly #FlatSeaHolly #Apiaceae

Sea-hollies are one of my favourite flowers. I love their colour and spikiness.

#florespondence #SeaHolly #Eryngium

Miss Willmott’s Ghost has graced us with a visit. We didn’t plant it - it genuinely sprung up from +who knows where+ Absolutely delighted to have her :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Willmott

#Eryngium giganteum #SeaHolly #EllenWillmott #MissWillmottsGhost #bloomscrolling

Sea Holly House is a three colour screenprint I made in 2020, an edition of 30.

It is one of my "art installation" prints which I was playing with at the time where I was imagining constructions of objects, balancing and tied together with rope.

#plover #seaholly #house #cornwall #balancing #pebbles #screenprint #handprinted #handmade #screenprint #PrintmakersOfMastodon