STATICE ASST

Availability- Year Round
Shelf Life - 10-14 days
Colors: White, yellow, lavender, pink, purple.
Flowers are not fragrant

Sold by bunches
Bunches usually will have 10 -20stms
Cases - See Farm Direct Section

Botanical Name : Limonium sinuatum
Common Name : Statice, Annual Statice, Limonium
Product Use : Cut Flower
Pronunciation : li-MON-ee-um sin-yew-AH-tum
Family Roots : Member of the Plumbaginaceae (plumbago or leadwort family).

Native to the Mediterranean region.

Relatives include leadwort, Armeria, Ceratostigma and prickly-thrift.
Personality : Has tiny flowers with colored papery bracts, in one-sided ranked clusters at stem ends.

Stems are winged and branched, 24-36 inches long.

Plant is an annual, classed as a dicotyledon.


Ethylene Sensitivity : Medium

Care and Handling : Remove bottom leaves if present, recut stems under water and place into a fresh flower food solution. Some report that flower foods greatly extend vaselife while others report no advantages.

Leaf and stem yellowing, Botrytis infection (gray mold) are common problems. Whenever possible, separate stems from bunches for air circulation and heat reduction to help reduce these problems.
Storage Specifics : 36-38 F

Tidbits : Scientific name is from the Greek word "leimon" (a meadow), referring to the plant's original habitat. The specific epithet name sinuatum means wavy-margined, in reference to the stem shape.

Statice is an ideal addition to fresh and dried arrangements. Native of the coastal and desert environments of the Mediterranean, central Asia and the Canary Islands, the durable Statice flower clusters can be dried by cutting the stems and hanging them upside down in a cool, airy place.

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