Eryngium alpinum

I bought an Eryngium alpinum from a local nursery about a month ago. Unfortunately it did not like the heavy clay soil, and heavy rain and died very quickly! I'm not giving up that easily but have struggled to find a replacement locally.

Help seems to be at hand from Jelitto's seeds. They bred this wonderful cultivar 'Blue Star' and sell seeds. The catalogue is on it's way so I'll try to get some going for next year.

The plan this time is to make sure that they are in well-drained soil so that there is less chance of them going rotten!