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Limonium gmelinii Dazzle Rocks

Limonium gmelinii Dazzle Rocks ('STE10')
Siberian Statice

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Plants well established on dry and sandy soil, very beautiful flowering. I am very pleased with these lovely, unusual flowers!

Catherine, 11/11/2024

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A hardy and perennial variety of statice, compact and very floriferous, which forms a cloud of small lavender flowers from summer to autumn. Perfect in a pot, this limonium is also a very pretty plant for rockeries or borders. It grows in full sun in any well-drained or even dry soil.
Flower size
1 cm
Height at maturity
40 cm
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -23°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil, Moist soil
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Best planting time March to April
Recommended planting time February to May, September to November
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Flowering time June to September
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Description

The Limonium Dazzle Rocks is a variety of perennial statice selected for its particularly ramified floral stems, with countless small flowers forming an adorable cloud of lavender colour. This flowering is very long-lasting in the garden as well as in fresh or dried bouquets. This 'sea lavender' is also appreciated for its frost resistance (down to a minimum of -20 °C) and its low water requirements. To succeed in its cultivation, give it sun and well-drained soil in a rockery or gravel bed. It also adapts very well to container gardening.

The Gmelin's statice Dazzle Rocks comes from a botanical species called Limonium gmelinii, found in a territory ranging from central and southeastern Europe to Siberia and Mongolia, through central Asia. This plant is found on sandy dunes and in salt marshes along the Black Sea. Economical in water, this species is not, however, a plant of scrubland and excessively arid lands; occasional watering is appreciated in case of very dry summers.  'Dazzle Rocks' ('STE10') is a recent Dutch horticultural selection. The plant forms, at ground level, a rosette of oval leaves of a fairly bright, slightly glossy green color. In June-July, strongly branched floral stems emerge from the foliage, rising to about 40 cm (16in) in height, remaining decorative until late in the season. Each branching bears numerous small mauve flowers with a papyraceous texture, which retain their colour for a long time, even when dried. This nectariferous flowering is visited by pollinating insects. This limonium develops a long taproot that has a swelling at the soil surface, called a caudex.

As with all statice, the floral stems make remarkable dried bouquets; simply cut the longest possible stems, place them upside down in a cool, dry, and airy place. They retain their colors for a long time, which slightly soften. Limoniums also help lighten up borders and rockeries, alongside more massive flowering plants such as perpetual roses, for example. They can be associated with yarrows and shrubby sages, which are also very light and undemanding. 

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Limonium gmelinii Dazzle Rocks (Flowering) Flowering
Limonium gmelinii Dazzle Rocks (Foliage) Foliage
Limonium gmelinii Dazzle Rocks (Plant habit) Plant habit

Flowering

Flower colour mauve
Flowering time June to September
Flower size 1 cm
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators
Good for cut flowers Cut flower blooms

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour medium green

Plant habit

Height at maturity 40 cm
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

Limonium

Species

gmelinii

Cultivar

Dazzle Rocks ('STE10')

Family

Plumbaginaceae

Other common names

Siberian Statice

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference171771

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Planting and care

Very cold-resistant cilium, easy to grow in stony or sandy soil, in the sun, but much more delicate in heavy soil. It can tolerate clayey soil if grown on a sunny slope. This young plant is water-efficient once well rooted, but it is not a naked; in our driest and hottest regions, some water inputs in summer will be welcome. Cultivating in pots poses no problem in a light, well-drained substrate, with regular watering.

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Planting period

Best planting time March to April
Recommended planting time February to May, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Edge of border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -23°C (USDA zone 6a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, Well-drained

Care

Pruning No pruning necessary
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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