Limonium ornatum

At a glance

Lifecycle
Perennial (hardy)
Exposure
Full sun
Frost limit
−6.7 °C

Cultivation

Requires a well drained soil and a sunny position. Plants are not very hardy outdoors in Britain and are unlikely to succeed outside the very mildest areas of the country.

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division in spring. Very difficult.

Edible uses

Leaves - raw.

Habitat

Not known

Native range

Europe - Mediterranean to Morocco.

Same genus