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Lax Flowered Sea Lavender

Limonium humile

Lax Flowered Sea Lavender
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY 2.5

Lax-flowered sea lavender (Limonium humile) is a hardy perennial sea lavender from the coasts of north and west Europe, grown for its airy sprays of small papery flowers. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and little water.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates salty, dry coastal conditions.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, free-draining soil; tolerates salt and poor soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates cold winters, protect potted plants from prolonged waterlogged frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. & W. Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Limonium humile is a species of sea lavender known by the common name lax-flowered sea-lavender.

Other Limonium plants

Limonium arboreum · Yellow Sea Lavender · Matted Sea Lavender · Rock Sea Lavender · Algerian Statice · Limonium bourgeaui · Limonium braunii · Limonium brunneri · Marsh rosemary · Lavender thrift · Limonium cosyrense · Limonium dendroides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium humile 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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