Globe Thistle Echinops Ritro

Plant Information

CHARACTERISTICS
Container planting - Cut Flower – Deer and Rabbit Resistant – Mass planting – Waterside planting

The Globe Thistle is very interesting if one likes thorny, prickly plants. The leaves are large, deeply cut and very prickly. The stems are silver-white, while the flowers are grayish metallic blue. The flower heads are round like a ball and are entirely covered with needle-like thistles. Globe Thistle species bloom from June or July through September.

  • Planting Location: Full sun or partial shade
  • Planting: February-May after Frost
  • Planting Depth: 1 inch (2,5 cm)
  • Planting Distance: 12 inch (30 cm)
  • Flowers In: July-September
  • Flowering Height: Approx. 30 inch (75 cm)
How to GrowWhen to Plant

Collections: Perennials

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