Limonium sinuatum,a member of the Plumbaginaceae family.
Cluster of little straw-textured brightly colored dried flowers.
Natural blue, Common Name(s) Sinuata, Annual Statice, American
Flower Type: Annual
Height: 30-60 cm 1-2 ft .
Propagation By seed , Seeds days to emerge: 15 - 20
Cultivation: Full sun in average soil.
Native to the mediterranian.
Harvest Cut English Statice when flowers are just emerging.Vase Life
Drying Hang english statice upside down in dry, dark, open, airy
Uses English Statice is a very useful dried flower offering an array
of bright natural colors.
Notes The colored part that most people refer to as 'the flower' is
actually a calyx which, is a collective term for all the sepals of
the flower. This a unique structure in that the sepals (the
leaf-like structures that cover the petals (i.e. you are looking at
sepals when you look at a closed bud) are the 'pretty' part of the
flower, the petals are very small, white and inside the calyx.
If you air dry these flowers, do so upside down as the stems dry
faster than the flowers and can't support the weight until the
flowers dry. Each plant produces several flower stems. In coastal
regions, plants will tolerate salt spray.
Although the sinuata variety is most commonly thought of as purple,
many colors are now available, including yellow, white, red, pink
and peach. New colors are frequently introduced.