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Eryngium yuccifolium - RATTLESNAKE MASTER
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ERY-YUC-X
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$6.99
Unique perennial of true tall grass prairies! Surprisingly, it belongs to the Carrot Family (Apiaceae), but it has an unusual look due to the thicker, strap-like leaves, mostly concentrated in rosettes or at the base of the tall stems (leaves are reminiscent of Yucca). It sports round to oval silver-white flower heads. The whole plant has a charming silver-gray look.
This is a great structural perennial that starts the season with sharp-looking rosettes and reaches its full height in the summer. Flowers for over a month; the whole flower to seed head effect lasts for 2 months (then the seeds start to fall out). Looks very good in flower borders or naturalized in prairies, prairie style plantings, native plant gardens or pollinator gardens. It looks great with many prairie grasses (Andropogon, Eragrostis, Muhlenbergia, Panicum, Sorghastrum, Sporobolus, Stipa) and other prairie plants like Allium cernuum,asclepias tuberosa, Coreopsis, Echinacea palida, Echinacea purpurea, Gaura, Liatris, Penstemon digitalis (and its dark-leaved varieties like ‘Dark Towers‘ or ‘Husker Red‘), Ratibida, Rudbeckia etc.
We also highly recommend blue flowering perennial combos, because these look really chic: Agastache ‘Black Adder‘, Agastache ‘ Blue Boa‘ and Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna‘ (cut back after first flower flush); hardy Geraniums with blue flowers would probably do great job too.
The dried seed heads were used as rattles by Native Americans, and tea made of its root was supposed to be an antidote for rattlesnake bites.
Blooming Time: June to August
Size: usually about 4-5’ tall x 1.5’ wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: full sun, half sun, average drained soils. Very tolerant to many soils, but they always have to be drained as it will rot in waterlogged soil – it can adapt to sandy, clay, gravelly, alkaline or shallow rocky soils.
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry, medium. Very drought tolerant.
Origin: native wildflower to eastern United States from Maryland to Minnesota and south to Texas. Absent from West Virginia and some of the New England states. Naturally found in tall grass prairies (in different types of soils), savannas, rocky woods, thickets, and glades
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: attracts many species of insects that seek nectar - long-tongued and short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, skippers, moths, beetles, plant bugs (some bees may collect pollen too). Caterpillars of the Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth live in the stems.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: 3.5" x 4" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Eryngium yuccifolium - RATTLESNAKE MASTER
$6.99
Unique perennial of true tall grass prairies! Surprisingly, it belongs to the Carrot Family (Apiaceae), but it has an unusual look due to the thicker, strap-like leaves, mostly concentrated in rosettes or at the base of the tall stems (leaves are reminiscent of Yucca). It sports round to oval silver-white flower heads. The whole plant has a charming silver-gray look.
This is a great structural perennial that starts the season with sharp-looking rosettes and reaches its full height in the summer. Flowers for over a month; the whole flower to seed head effect lasts for 2 months (then the seeds start to fall out). Looks very good in flower borders or naturalized in prairies, prairie style plantings, native plant gardens or pollinator gardens. It looks great with many prairie grasses (Andropogon, Eragrostis, Muhlenbergia, Panicum, Sorghastrum, Sporobolus, Stipa) and other prairie plants like Allium cernuum,asclepias tuberosa, Coreopsis, Echinacea palida, Echinacea purpurea, Gaura, Liatris, Penstemon digitalis (and its dark-leaved varieties like ‘Dark Towers‘ or ‘Husker Red‘), Ratibida, Rudbeckia etc.
We also highly recommend blue flowering perennial combos, because these look really chic: Agastache ‘Black Adder‘, Agastache ‘ Blue Boa‘ and Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna‘ (cut back after first flower flush); hardy Geraniums with blue flowers would probably do great job too.
The dried seed heads were used as rattles by Native Americans, and tea made of its root was supposed to be an antidote for rattlesnake bites.
Blooming Time: June to August
Size: usually about 4-5’ tall x 1.5’ wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: full sun, half sun, average drained soils. Very tolerant to many soils, but they always have to be drained as it will rot in waterlogged soil – it can adapt to sandy, clay, gravelly, alkaline or shallow rocky soils.
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry, medium. Very drought tolerant.
Origin: native wildflower to eastern United States from Maryland to Minnesota and south to Texas. Absent from West Virginia and some of the New England states. Naturally found in tall grass prairies (in different types of soils), savannas, rocky woods, thickets, and glades
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: attracts many species of insects that seek nectar - long-tongued and short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, skippers, moths, beetles, plant bugs (some bees may collect pollen too). Caterpillars of the Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth live in the stems.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: 3.5" x 4" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
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“Ready to shake, RATTLE, and roll!”
My shipment of RATTLESNAKE MASTER (3), arrived 4 days after purchase. The plants were well packaged to ensure safe shipping with minimal impact to the plant. The plant specimens arrived very healthy with excellent root systems- shiny leaves and multiple branching, zero cracks on stems or detectable weeds in the soil. I would purchase again, A++ rating.
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Great plant!
The eryngium plants I ordered arrived in beautiful shape! They look super healthy and you really can’t beat the price for the size and first rate quality of these!!! Thank you!