Globe thistle
Echinops
Name
| Botanical name: | Echinops ritro |
| Colloquial name: | Globe thistle |
Growth
| Growth form: | bushy, clump-forming |
| Mature height: | 60 - 90 cm |
Leaf
| Leaf color: | gray-green |
Blossom / fruit
| Blossom: | conspicuous, ball-shaped |
| Flowering period: | July to September |
| Flower color: | Blue |
| Fruit: | inconspicuous |
Miscellaneous
| Location: | sun |
| Flowering period: | all year round |
| Requirement: | 1 - 3 plants per m² |
| Use for: | bed, open space, border, cut flowers, bee pasture, grouping Plants |
| Ships as: | as pot plant |
| Hardiness: | yes |
