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Care of the plant Eryngium paniculatum or Eryngium subulatum

The genus Eryngium, family Apiaceae, includes about 250 species of herbaceous plants with a cosmopolitan distribution. Some species are: Eryngium paniculatum, Eryngium agavifolium, Eryngium carlinae, Eryngium giganteum, Eryngium tricuspidatum.

Scientific synonym: Eryngium subulatum. This species is native to Chile, Argentina and Brazil.

They are perennial herbaceous plants with rhizomatous roots that reach more than 2 meters (6.56 feet) when they flower. The long, spiny, deep green leaves grow in a rosette at the base. The small greenish-white flowers appear in globose inflorescences on long branched flower stalks above the leaves. They bloom from late spring to early summer.

Eryngium subulatum can be used in rockeries, as isolated specimens, on north-facing slopes and in borders and borders. The roots and young leaves are edible.

Eryngium paniculatum grows in full sun and semi-shade exposures. It resists frost very well.

The soil can be a normal garden soil with 20% coarse sand, although they also grow in clayey, poor or sandy soils.

Water regularly so that the substrate does not dry out completely, although it resists a few days of drought.

Eryngium paniculatum does not need fertilizer.

Prune flower stems after flowering.

Eryngium subulatum is a plant resistant to the usual pests and diseases.

Eryngium paniculatum is propagated from seeds sown in spring and by separation of suckers.

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