'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
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