 | Heritage Perennial Profile |
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| Plant Number: 1.205.400 | USDA Zone: 4 - 9 |
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 | Eryngium yuccifolium |
| Common name : Rattlesnake Master |
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| Quite different from the usual blue forms of Sea Holly, this one is a native North American wildflower. Plants form a low clump of grassy, yucca-like leaves, bearing tall stems of creamy-white flowers, like little golf balls, in mid to late summer. An unusual cut flower. Fits nicely into the sunny perennial border, but also a good candidate for more relaxed forms of gardening, like meadow plantings or gravel gardens. Tolerates moist or dry conditions. Attractive to butterflies.
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Appearance |
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Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Soil Type
Normal
Sandy
Clay
Soil pH
Neutral
Alkaline
Acid
Soil Moisture
Average
Dry
Moist
Care Level
Easy
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Flower Colour
White
Blooming Time
Mid Summer
Late Summer
Early Fall
Foliage Color
Deep Green
Plant Uses & Characteristics
Attracts Butterflies
Border
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Drought Tolerant
Rabbit Resistant
Massed
Specimen
Wild Flower
Flower Head Size
Large
Height
90-120 cm
35-47 inches
Spread
30-60 cm
12-23 inches
Foot Traffic
None
Growth Rate
Medium
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What others say about this plant...
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The stiff, spiky rosettes of our native rattlesnake master… do indeed mimic gray-blue yuccas, though the flowers that open in small sprays above their four-foot stems look more like frosted white thistles than the open, creamy bells of true yuccas.; Anne Lovejoy, The American Mixed Border |
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