Among the most attractive in the garden are the eryngoes - or Eryngium. Eryngoes, also called sea hollies, are perennial plants, occasionally annuals, with distinctive, bristly flower heads.

Bright orange Californian poppies, bronze umbels of burpleurum, silvery blues of eryngium and hints of white libertia are used to contrast with the textural foliage, spiky leaves, dried flower and ...