Description
Echinops ritro ‘Platinum Blue’
- Zone: 3-8
Exposure: Full Sun to Mostly Sunny
Mature Size: 3-4 ft H, 18-24″ W
Flower Colour: dark violet-blue
Flowering Time: early to late summer
Description: Considered by most growers as the loveliest Globe Thistle. An excellent rebloomer that produces abundant, dark violet- blue flowers. Features gracefully curving, branched, silvery stems. Blooming mid-summer to early fall.
Bold and ornamental. Steel blue globe shaped flowers rise above the foliage of sharply divided, dark green leaves, covered in down beneath. Adding contrast, interest, and colour to the summer garden while being trouble-free and low maintenance. Globe Thistle makes an invaluable contribution to the landscape.
Ornamental Features: Beneficial for Pollinators, Attracts Butterflies, Good for Cut Flowers, Deer Resistant, Winter Interest
Landscape Features: Lovely addition to beds and borders, cottage gardens, wildlife gardens, or gravel gardens
