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	Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow' Code: EBBG Price: $2.30 Quantity in Basket: none
	Clump forming plants with gray, woolly leaves and stems. Grows 2.5 to 3.5 feet tall with stems that are topped off with round flower heads of bright steel blue flowers. Long lived and easy in well drained soils in full sun. Used as a great cut flower and for drying. Does best in heavy poor soils that are well drained. Zones 3-8. Sow seeds by covering them completely, darkness needed for best germination, Keep at F. 70 2-3 weeks. 25 seeds.
	Echinops bannaticus 'Star Frost' Code: EBSF-A7 Price: $3.99 Quantity in Basket: none
	This selection produces plants with a shorter habit than the normal species. The plants have nice branching and an upright habit, growing 40 inches tall. Bloom in summer with a profusion of golf-ball sized, white colored flowers in prickly heads. Attractive in the garden, especial planted in large groups. Showy flowering plants that also have decorative foliage. Grow in full sun, will bloom some the first year with an early sowing. Attractive cut flowers that can also be dried. Zones 3-8 Germination in less than two weeks at 70ºF, if no germination use 3 weeks at 32-39. 30 seeds
	Echinops ritro Code: ER34-A8 Price: $1.35 Quantity in Basket: none
	Plants have thistle like leaves and blue flowers in round globes. Plants grow 3 to 4 feet tall and do very well in dry well drained soils. The flowers are good cutting material and the plants are long lived in sunny locations. Zones 3-8 25 seeds
	Echinops ritro 'Baby Globes' Code: ERBG-A7 Price: $2.25 Qty in Stock: 0 Sorry, we are currently sold out of 'Echinops ritro 'Baby Globes''. Please check back later. Quantity in Basket: none
	Echinops ritro 'White Globe' Code: ERWG-A7 Price: $3.55 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Globe Thistle' Silver-white colored globes produced on plants that grow 4 feet tall. Use in a sunny position, the stems of rounded flower heads make an interesting cut flower and can be dried. Grow in full sun well draining soils, prefers a location that is not hot; they are drought tolerant once established but grow best with dependable moisture. Long lived plants that bloom in summer. Flowering the secound year. Zones 4-9 Germination in less than two weeks at 68-78ºF, if no germination – Use 3 weeks at 32- 39ºF. Surface sow. Once seeds start to germinate cover 1/5 inch deep with soil medium. Transplant out when plants are a few inches tall. Can be sown directly outside in a clean area with good results. 50 seeds
	Echinops ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue' Code: EC02 Price: $1.55 Qty in Stock: 0 Sorry, we are currently sold out of 'Echinops ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue''. Please check back later. Quantity in Basket: none
	Echinops sphaerocephalus Code: 1ED1 Price: $2.00 Qty in Stock: 9 In Stock Quantity in Basket: none
	 'Great Globe Thistle' The genus name means 'Like a Hedgehog' in reference to the spiny heads of seeds. This species has large gray-blue flower balls ( thus the species name which means ‘round headed’), plants grow 6 feet tall. Good cut flower subject, grow in full sun. Echinops is a distinctive perennial with some what prickly edged leaves and spherical, pale, off-white flowers. A choice architectural plant for the back of border. The spiny, dark-green, silver haired-cobwebbed covered leaves are silver with very silver-white undersides provide interest from spring until flowering in late summer. Grow with other tall striking late summer plants such as cardoon and Echinacea or tall grasses. Will bloom the secound year. Zones 3-8. Native to Eurasia. Naturalized in some parts of California. Germination in less than two weeks at 70ºF, if no germination - Use 3 weeks at 30-39ºF 30 seeds.
	Echinops sphaerocephalus 'Arctic Glow' Code: 1ED3 Price: $2.75 Quantity in Basket: none
	Large gray-white flower balls with reddish tinted stems, plants grow 4.5 feet tall. Makes an impressive display with a thistle like look and silver tinted leaves. Best in well draining soils in full sun. Nice for cutting, will bloom the second year, producing nice sturdy plants. Zones 3-8. Germination in less than two weeks At 70ºF, if no germination - Use 3 weeks at 39ºF 20 seeds.