Eryngium eburneum La Pampa Woody Lilies In marginal winter climates

In marginal winter climates

is the reverse pattern of the popular Hosta 'Stitch in Time'

The white leaf edge is strongest on the more mature leaves

composed of smooth glossy green leaves edged with tiny hacksaw-like teeth and bordered with a wide two-tone edge of pale minty-green

Although Bauhinia forficata is a rainforest species

Eryngium eburneum La Pampa Woody Lilies In marginal winter climatesEryngium eburneum 'La Pampa' is a seed strain from Central Argentina, shared by Ohio plantsman, Curt Hanson. The spiky evergreen basal rosettes of glossy green leaves, are topped, starting for us in late June (NC), with sturdy 4' tall spikes of ivory flowers. We find these incredibly architectural in the summer garden. This collection is quite different from other collections we've offered before under that name, which turned out to be Eryngium