Blue Cap Sea Holly

Eureka! Blue Eryngium! Several years ago now we bought this blue perennial and we planted it along the fence next to the rhubarb. It's now a blue part of our garden experience every year. It has blue flowers, blue leaves and blue stems. It's a prickly plant, but not too bad if you keep your distance. It also works well for cut or dry flowers inside.

It seems like just about every insect, every species of bee, and wasp, and some moths and butterflies are highly attracted to it. They all work together pollinating. It's a very busy scene for several weeks in July.