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Beginner skill rating |
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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1 hour care per year |
Botanical name: Echinops ritro
Other names: Small globe thistle, Blue hedgehog, Globe flower, Steel globe thistle
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Genus: Echinops
Species: E. ritro - E. ritro is a robust perennial, with divided, prickly dark green leaves whiter underneath, and round, violet-blue flowerheads on silver-grey, branched, leafy stems.
Echinops ritro is: Deciduous
Flower: Blue, Silvery-grey in Summer
Foliage: Grey-green in Summer
Habit: Clump-forming, Upright
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with: Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' (Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert'), Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety' (Geranium 'Ingwersen's Variety'), Allium schoenoprasum (Chives), Allium angulosum (Mouse garlic)
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Specific pests: Aphids
Pruning: Deadhead to prevent self-seeding.. REGISTER to read more...
Propagation methods: Division, Seed, Root cuttings. REGISTER to read more...
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Echinops ritro (Small globe thistle) will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Architectural, Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Cottage/Informal, Flower Arranging, Gravel, Low Maintenance, Wildlife
Cultivation: Grows well in poor, well-drained soil in full sun but will tolerate most soils in full sun and can also tolerate part shade.
| This plant likes... | Garden match | |
| Soil types: | Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |  |
| Soil drainage: | Well-drained | |
| Soil pH: | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral | |
| Light: | Partial Shade, Full Sun | |
| Aspect: | South, East, West | |
| Exposure: | Exposed, Sheltered | |
| Hardiness: | Hardy (H4) | |
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Comment from
The spectacular globular flowers are an intense deep blue. The deeply divided, narrow, grey-green leaves and the perfectly round, spiky flowerheads make this a really striking plant.
It is attractive to many insects including bees, moths and butterflies and the seeds provide food for finches and other seed-eating birds.
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