Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
Small globe thistle 'Veitch's Blue', Echinops 'Veitch's Blue'
Echinops Echinops
'Veitch's Blue' _ 'Veitch's Blue' is a clump-forming perennial, with deeply lobed, dark green, thistle-like foliage, and globular, steel-blue flowerheads on silver-grey, branched, leafy stems.
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' is: Deciduous
Clump-forming, Upright
Silvery-grey, Blue in Summer
Grey-green in Summer
Aphids Aphids
Deadhead to prevent self-seeding.
Division, Seed, Root cuttings
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Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' (Small globe thistle 'Veitch's Blue') will reach a height of 0.8m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
Architectural, Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Cottage/Informal, Flower Arranging, Gravel, Low Maintenance, Wildlife
Grows well in poor, well-drained soil in full sun but will tolerate most soils in full sun and can also tolerate part shade.
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Partial Shade, Full Sun
South, East, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
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Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
Small globe thistle 'Veitch's Blue', Echinops 'Veitch's Blue'
Echinops Echinops
'Veitch's Blue' _ 'Veitch's Blue' is a clump-forming perennial, with deeply lobed, dark green, thistle-like foliage, and globular, steel-blue flowerheads on silver-grey, branched, leafy stems.
Garden origin
Deciduous
Clump-forming, Upright
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Silvery-grey, Blue in Summer
Grey-green in Summer
Deadhead to prevent self-seeding.
Division, Seed, Root cuttings
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Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' (Small globe thistle 'Veitch's Blue') will reach a height of 0.8m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
Architectural, Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), Cottage/Informal, Flower Arranging, Gravel, Low Maintenance, Wildlife
Grows well in poor, well-drained soil in full sun but will tolerate most soils in full sun and can also tolerate part shade.
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Partial Shade, Full Sun
South, East, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4, Zone 3
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