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
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TX, VA