Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil with occasional summer watering. Hardy to about 25 degrees F. Tolerates salt spray and desert heat so an excellent plant for seaside plantings and also in dry gardens. It makes a good cut flower, both fresh and dry. Little maintenance required other than to remove spent flower stalks and to divide every 2 to 3 years in the spring to renew vigor. Use care not to plant in areas adjacent to wildland coastal riparian areas where it has been known to naturalize.

This plant comes from a limited area on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands - in David and Zoe Bramwell's 1974 Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands this location is identified as on the western end of the island but in more recent works the area is noted as being on the eastern part of the island. Wherever it is, it is considered to be a rare and vulnerable species in its native habitat because of low population size and restricted distribution. The name for the genus comes from the Latin word limonion used by Pliny for a wild plant which came from the Ancient Greek word 'leimon' meaning "meadow". This plant was originally named Statice perezii by Otto Stapf, an Austrian botanist who later moved to England and became the herbarium curator at Kew and was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1927. Stapf published the name in a 1908 article in Annals of Botany, Oxford Journals called "Rediscovery of Statice arborea and the Discovery of a new allied species [S. Perezii, Stapf.]" with the name presumably to honor Dr. George V. Perez, a medical doctor who sent seed of several different Statice species to Kew in 1902. These plants were moved to Limonium by Harvard University botanist Frederic Hubbard in 1916. Other common names include Perez's Sea Lavender, Seafoam Statice and Marsh Rosemary. We have grown this useful and attractive plant at our nursery since 1980. 

The information about Limonium perezii that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.

Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.