General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4 to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Globe Thistle

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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-07-11

photo credit: Tim Green
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-07-04
Unopened flower head and stalk

photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
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Bees! by pirl Mar 6, 2016 8:00 PM 3

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