Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Sumatra Indonesia Crinum x augustum is an

Crinum x augustum is an old hybrid

open-faced deep pink flowers with a subtle red stripe down the middle of each petal

but develop a wide central chartreuse-yellow pattern

some unsafe plant sex had taken place

About the only maintenance we recommend is to cut back the old flower stalks after flowering

Eryngium ravenelii Charleston Blues Sumatra Indonesia Crinum x augustum is an(aka: Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii) Eryngium ravenelii is one of those wonderful southeast natives that you wonder why everyone doesn't grow. Shared by plant prodigy Dr. Patrick McMillan, Eryngium ravenelii forms a small basal rosette of 1' long linear leaves, which, starting for us in mid August, is topped with 30" tall flowering stalks, each ending in branched antennae like clusters of 6 10 blue fuzzy, thumb sized ball like flower heads a