{"product_id":"statice-sea-lavender","title":"Statice Sea Lavender","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStatice Sea Lavender is a hardy perennial grown for its clouds of tiny, papery lavender-blue flowers, carried on widely branching stems that seem to multiply the display with every week of summer. It's as much a cut and dried flower as it is a border plant, and gardeners who like to preserve their own blooms will find it a genuinely useful variety to have on hand, since the flowers hold their colour and shape for months after picking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePart of the appeal is the sheer softness of the display. Rather than bold single blooms, statice produces a fine haze of tiny flowers across each branching stem, giving borders a hazy, romantic quality that's hard to achieve with most other annuals or perennials. Left in the garden, it fills gaps between bolder plantings beautifully. Cut and hung to dry, it becomes a long-lasting filler for everlasting arrangements and bouquets that will happily sit on a shelf or display well beyond the growing season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOnce established, Statice Sea Lavender is close to maintenance free. It handles dry New Zealand summers with ease and doesn't ask for much beyond a sunny position, making it a sensible choice for gardeners who want reliable colour without a lot of fuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDespite the common name, sea lavender isn't a true lavender at all. Limonium takes its name from the Greek word for meadow, a nod to the salt marshes and coastal meadows where the species grows wild, and it's this coastal history that likely gives it such a strong tolerance for tough, dry conditions in the home garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGrowing Statice Sea Lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSow indoors from August through to October, or again from March through to May, into a good quality seed raising mix. Statice needs light to germinate, so sow the seed on the surface and press it gently into the mix rather than covering it, then keep it moist until seedlings appear. Aim for a soil temperature of 15–20°C, and expect germination in 14–21 days. Transplant seedlings into a full sun position once they're large enough to handle. As a hardy perennial, Statice Sea Lavender takes a little patience to reward you: plants typically come into flower in their second season after transplanting, then continue to perform for years as the clump matures. Mature plants reach 45–60cm in height.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kings Seeds NZ","offers":[{"title":"60 seeds","offer_id":49234776555828,"sku":"F1374.pkt","price":5.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/0555\/6276\/files\/F1374-W.png?v=1785896373","url":"https:\/\/www.kingsseeds.co.nz\/products\/statice-sea-lavender","provider":"Kings Seeds NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}