Botanical Name:
Echinops ritro
Common Name:
Blue globe thistle
Family:
Asteraceae
Description:
Thistle like perennial with leaves that are covered in fine hairs, small spines and are narrow and deeply lobed.
Flowers are round globes up to 5cm wide and are borne in summer and early autumn.
Hardy plants.
Ht: up to 60cm
Uses:
Great in a perennial border, as a cut flower or dried flower.
Propagation:
by seed or division
Reference:
Flora, the gardeners bible, Rachel Vogan.
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