Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Hymenocallis offsetting rosette in our rock

offsetting rosette in our rock garden

woodland soil

Aspidistra ebianensis 'Flowing Fountains' is a unique cast iron plant

nocturnal Zephyranthes drummondii

followed with bright red fruit that lasts well through fall

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Hymenocallis offsetting rosette in our rock(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a