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Echinops ritro ssp. ruthenicus ‘Platinum Blue’
£5.00 – £20.00
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Description
Globes of deep blue flowers that are perfect for bees and other pollinating insects.
Flowering: Summer-Autumn
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 60cm
Spread: 30cm
Further information:
Will self seed. Leave seed heads on to allow insects to over winter in them. Cut back hard in spring. Otherwise they can be cut back hard when finished flowering.
Common Name: Blue Globe Thistle
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Foliage: pinnately lobed / spiny
Basic Colour: ( silver )
Flower Colour: Blue
Natural Flowering: May – August
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 60cm
Soil Requirements: average / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / Mediterranean
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies / attractive seed head / Cut Flower
Pruning: Cut back in winter
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance
Origin: Southern Europe to Eastern Asia (Cultivar)
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Gill Coombes (verified owner) –
Jacqueline M. (verified owner) –
Excellent
June C. (verified owner) –
Good plant , well established in pot and already in garden doing well.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Martin (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Arrived in good condition, very young plant but I’m hopeful it will flower this year.
JOYCE DUFFY (verified owner) –
Speedy delivery plants in excellent condition. Would use again
Kerryann James (verified owner) –
Lovely, healthy young plant. Looking forward to it bloom
Hilary W. (verified owner) –
Planted and nowhere near flowering yet but all seems well.
Catherine Duckenfield (verified owner) –
Looking forward to seeing the intense blue it may be much better than my other globe thistle so I will give my pale blue one to a friend
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Paul R. (verified owner) –
Received in excellent condition.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Tom Fearon (verified owner) –
Patricia J. (verified owner) –
Good healthy plants
Brian Vincent (verified owner) –
Penelope Watkins (verified owner) –
Top quality
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Kay (verified owner) –
Good correspondence from company advising of delivery. Plant packed in extremely good packaging & in very good condition on arrival. Nice touch with instructions especially for a newbie like me. Thank you
Ian Morley (verified owner) –
Best service I’ve had for mail order plants. Arrived in excellent condition with nice info from the growers. Excellent.
Virginia Hill (verified owner) –
Arrived well well packed and healthy.
Sonia P. (verified owner) –
Im sure the bees &insects will enjoy my healthy new addition to my garden!
Barbara Eynon (verified owner) –
Plant looks healthy
Helen W. (verified owner) –
Healthy plants arrived very quickly. Really well packaged.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
They looked slightly tired but hopefully will perk up now they are in the ground
Helen (verified owner) –
Lovely healthy plants well packaged.