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Some plants, such as hostas, are magnets for slugs and snails, others are a bit tougher to chew!

Latin name

Eryngium

Common name

Sea holly

Type of plant

Perennial

Hardiness

Hardy

Flower colour

Greenish white to blue-green and lilac-blue

Leaf colour

Purple-silver

Height and spread

60cm to 1.5m x 45cm to 60cm (2ft to 5ft x 1.5ft to 2ft)

Description

This is a prickly but attractive clump-forming perennial with curved, veined and jagged leaves. The flowers are thistle-like and can be dried for indoor decoration.

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Eryngium, Sea holly

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