By Leighleigh
West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom 
I got this stem in a bouquet my partner brought home from the kids when i was run down bless, and although the rest died ages ago this still has its lovely purple flowers, any idea what its called? :o)
1 Jun, 2012
Answers
Its called Statice :)
1 Jun, 2012
oops you beat me to it Bamboo lol
1 Jun, 2012
;-)) More simultaneous I think...
1 Jun, 2012
Ah brill! thanks both of you! think ill add that to my list. :)
1 Jun, 2012
Is this the same plant as sea lavender? X lovely colour and hope you are now well x
1 Jun, 2012
Ooh ive no idea magna. lol, and yes im fine, it was only a tummy bug, the house was just untidy for a week lol thank u for asking! :)
2 Jun, 2012
Statice can be used as dried flowers and keeps its colour for ages
2 Jun, 2012
The term sea lavender is usually reserved for a different variety of statice - Limonium polyphyllum, and that one's a perennial.
2 Jun, 2012
Thanx bamboo x I have some sea lavender seeds on the go :)
2 Jun, 2012
I have some lavender in the back garden i picked a load last year but dont think i dried it out properly :/ im adding this one to my list though with the colour lasting that long, could do all sorts with it!
8 Jun, 2012
it's Statice - you can grow it from seed easily. I can't remember its full Latin handle though, and I think packets of seeds are sold as Statice anyway, from what I remember when I grew it. Lasts years if you cut it at the right time.
P.S. Limonium sinuatum, comes in blue, pink, white yellow.
1 Jun, 2012