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Echinops

Globe Thistle


Echinops ritro


 

Echinops ritro - Small Globe Thistle©Echinops ritro

Echinops ritro©

  

Small Globe Thistle

Steel blue ball flowers in summer on this

clumping perennial from 30-48" tall. Sun to part shade, poor soil and low water.  Deadhead to prevent reseeding. Native to hot, dry grasslands from Southern Europe to Central Asia.  Hardy to -40 degrees F. Asteraceae

 

 

 

Echinops sphaerocephalus 'Arctic Glow'


 

Echinops sphaeocephalus 'Arctic Glow' - Globe Thistle© 'Arctic Glow'

Globe Thistle

Compact clumping perennial to 30" tall with white ball flowers in summer.  Sun to part shade, poor soil and low water.  Deadhead to prevent reseeding. Native to hot, dry grasslands in Central and Southern Europe to Siberia.  Hardy to -40 degrees F. Asteraceae

 

 

 
 

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