Sea Lavender
Limonium carolinianum
Sea lavender hovers a haze of tiny lavender flowers over salt-marsh rosettes, prized fresh or dried in arrangements. A salt-loving native for coastal and brackish gardens.
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden
- Native states
- CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TX, VA