Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

flower

Bees

Bumblebees Attracts butterflies

Butterflies

About

Steel-blue globular flower heads attract bees and butterflies for weeks. Extremely drought-tolerant. Architectural and striking. Leave seed heads for finches and winter interest.

Sun: Full Sun
Water: Low
Spacing

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Soil notes

Well-draining, poor, dry — tolerates chalk

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