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Limonium arboreum

Limonium arboreum
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0

Limonium arboreum is a shrubby sea lavender from the Canary Islands, grown as a tough perennial for coastal and sunny gardens. It thrives in full sun, well-drained soil and dry conditions, and is hardy in mild climates.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil or mineral potting mix.
Temperature
Mild conditions suited to subtropical and Mediterranean climates; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Canary Is. (La Palma, N. Tenerife)
Climate
subtropical

About

Limonium arboreum is a species of sea lavender known by the common name tree limonium and siempreviva. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is a plant of coastal habitat.

Other Limonium plants

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 · Algerian sea lavender

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium arboreum 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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