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Sea lavender

Limonium

Also called Marsh Rosemary, Rock Sea Lavender, Sea Lavenders, Rock Sea Lavander, Statice, Sea Pink

Limonium is a genus of about 600 species, mostly herbaceous perennials, often called sea lavender, statice or marsh rosemary, though they are not related to lavender or rosemary. Most thrive in salty or gypsum soils near coasts and salt marshes, so give them sun, sharp drainage and little fuss.

Family: Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Light: Full sun
Water: Water moderately during growth and let the top of the soil dry between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil: Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil; tolerates saline and alkaline mixes.
Temperature: 10–30 °C; many species are hardy to around -10 °C, but protect tender species below 5 °C.
How easy: Easy

About

Limonium is a genus of about 600 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family.

The generic name is from the Latin līmōnion, used by Pliny for a wild plant and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek leimon (λειμών, 'meadow').

Where it grows

The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and Australia. By far the greatest diversity (over 100 species) is in the area stretching from the Canary Islands east through the Mediterranean region to central Asia; for comparison, North America only has three native Limonium species.

Other Limonium plants

Limonium arboreum · Matted Sea Lavender · Rock Sea Lavender · Algerian Statice · Limonium bourgeaui · Lavender thrift · Siberian Statice · Limonium minutum · Saltmarsh sea lavender · Perez's sea lavender · Florist's Sea Lavender · Limonium puberulum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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