A rosette-forming, tap-rooted, evergreen perennial with sword-shaped, spiny-margined, blue-grey leaves. From midsummer to early autumn, strong, lightly branched stems bear cylindrical umbels of whitish green to pale blue flowers, with shorter, ovate, grey-green bracts.
Grow in moist, well drained, fertile soil in full sun. It will reach a height of 1.2m and a spread of 60cm.


