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Leaves are greyish green on top and creamy grey underneath, spiny, oval or oblong and hairy.
Flowers are bluish grey or whitish and are a spherical globe shape, they are solitary with spikes borne on the end of tall upright stems.
These gardening plants when grown as part of a mixed planting scheme will add contrasting colours, textures and form to your garden.
Essential info
Genus: Echinops
Family: Asteraceae/Compositae
Species: E. ritro
Common Names: Globe thistle, small globe.
Classification: Perennial.
Height: 60cm (24inches).
Flowering: From summer through to autumn.
Where to plant info
These gardening plants are a must in your garden. Grow them in groups or in drifts in your beds and borders. They mix extremely well with other bedding and border plants.
Where: Ideal for general borders and beds.
They are ideal as dried flower displays and are used by many florists. The flowers will retain their colour long after being dried.
Site: Grow them in full sun, they thrive in it!
Soil: Any poor condition and well draining soil.
Propagation info
By seed in spring.
Best germinatiion temperature: 70 deg F.
Time from sowing to germination: 5 - 14 days.
By division in spring or autumn.
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