Echinops (Globe Thistle)
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Including Echinops bannaticus Blue Glow and Echinops sphaerocephalus Arctic Glow

Echinops

Globe Thistle

Bees and butterflies adore Echinops. They are so easy to care for that you will too. Equally stunning in the garden or as a fresh or dried cut flower, their perfectly round blooms and statuesque profile bring intriguing definition to surrounding softer forms. Thriving in well drained soil, even if it is poor or sandy, the Globe Thistle is an undemanding perennial well worth making room for.

Echinops bannaticus ‘Blue Glow’ 

Intensely blue, the surreal-looking globes of this Echinops perch on stalks lined with elegant, jagged-edged gray-green foliage. Backlit by the late afternoon sun and planted en masse, ‘Blue Glow’s flowers seem to float amidst spiky Muhlenbergia rigens and the dark domes of Angelica gigas.

Blooms July–early September.

Size: 4' high x 18" wide; hardy to zone 4.

AVAILABLE SUMMER 2010

Echinops bannaticus Blue Glow (p-0936)
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Echinops bannaticus ‘Star Frost’   

Round, pearly white blooms sojourn on well-branched sturdy stalks that aren’t quite as tall as Echinops ‘Blue Glow’s. Thistlelike narrow green leaves show off downy gray-green bellies, while the distinctive flowers proudly illuminate a drift of Leymus ‘Canyon Prince’.

Blooms July–early September.

Size: 3-1/3' high x 18" wide; hardy to zone 4.

Echinops bannaticus Star Frost (P-1592)
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Echinops sphaerocephalus ‘Arctic Glow’ 

Topping erect mahogany-hued stems, snowy spheres provide a statuesque element heightened by prickly, silver-washed greenery. Planted with stately companions like Aconitum, Digitalis ‘Gigantea Gelber Herold’ and Veronicastrum, its noble orbs appear to glow.

Blooms July–early September.

Size: 2-1/2'–3' high x 18" wide; hardy to zone 4.

Echinops sphaerocephalus Arctic Glow (p-0845)
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