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Olive Leaved Sea Lavender

Limonium virgatum

Olive Leaved Sea Lavender
Photo: jacinta lluch valero, CC BY-SA 2.0

Olive Leaved Sea Lavender is a small perennial subshrub from the Mediterranean, growing to about 17 cm tall, grown mainly in sunny, well-drained gardens. It needs open sun and sharp drainage to do well.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, saline soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Medit.
Climate
subtropical

About

Limonium virgatum is a species of plants in the family Plumbaginaceae (leadworts). Individuals can grow to 17 cm tall.

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 virgatum 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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