Limonium sinuata Statice



		Here the colorful bracts of this Midnight Blue Satice still hold their fresh delicate white flowers. These flowers drop out as their papery holders dry leaving behind a vividly colored everlasting. American Beauty Rose Statice (below left) has more pink and less blue in the bracts and looks better used with other pinks and blues. If left on the plant too long the flower bracts start to turn purple, so harvest when rosy pink for best color when dried. Apricot Statice (below right) is a lovely shade that blends well with most colors. The little yellow flowers will drop as the bracts dry and the final color will be a little darker.


	Because it grows rapidly, Statice can be grown as an annual in Zones 2 through 7. It is drought resistant, heat tolerant and, maybe best of all, unattractive to gophers! Midnight Blue Statice is the perfect complement to purples and whites. Once Statice starts blooming (usually mid to late Spring) it continues to bloom until frost. It can be harvested from many times during the season. Each time cut the flower stalks back to the ground or to the leaves at the base of the plant.
		Statice (the brightly colored flowers in the wreath at right) provides just the right punch to brighten up any wreath or floral arrangement. The color of the dried bracts, kept out of direct sunlight, remains vibrant for a year or more. Only the eventual problem of dust makes the bouquet or wreath obsolete. For more information on how to use fresh flowers from your garden to create dried arrangements, visit our Wreath Making Workshop online.
	Statice is one of six plants chosen for our Crafter's Herb Garden Six Pack. It would also make a great addition (for Zones 8 and up) to our English Cottage Herb Garden Six Pack. Please note that Statice is seed grown and, as such, is prone to variations in color.

Cultural Information

Height: 2 Feet

Hardiness: Perennial
in Zones 8-11

Flower Color:
Midnight Blue
(Bluish-Purple),
American Beauty Rose
(Reddish-Purple),
Apricot

Characteristics: Full Sun

Uses: Dried Flower,
Ornamental

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