species
Limonium platyphyllum
Sea lavender · Statice
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Limonium platyphyllum is a perennial in the family Plumbaginaceae, also known as Sea lavender or Statice, introduced to the UK. It reaches 60 cm tall and 50 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam or sand soil, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from July to August. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 60 cm tall × 50 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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