Plant World Seeds - Echinops Ritro Veitch's Blue Seeds (Perennial Flower Seeds)

• Genuine Plant World Seeds branded packets supplied direct from Plant World Seeds UK!
• Common Name: Globe Thistle
• Height: 90cm-1.2m
• Approx. Packet Content: 10 seeds
• Spiky leaves along with bristly metallic blue flowers, make this plant a great architectural plant for the back of the summer border. Spiny, cobwebbed leaves provide interest from spring until the blooms appear in late summer, these striking plants associating well with other tall, late summer plants such as cardoon or echinacea, or even tall miscanthus grasses. It has been given an Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Spiky leaves along with bristly metallic blue flowers, make this plant a great architectural plant for the back of the summer border. Spiny, cobwebbed leaves provide interest from spring until the blooms appear in late summer, these striking plants associating well with other tall, late summer plants such as cardoon or echinacea, or even tall miscanthus grasses. It has been given an Award of Garden Merit (AGM). SOWING ADVICE: Sow immediately at any time onto preferably a soil-based compost, covering with fine grit to approximately their own depth. Germination MAY be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. but many seeds WILL NOT come up the year they are sown, needing winter chilling after sowing, and ONLY come up with natural spring germination. Genuine Plant World Seeds branded packets supplied direct from Plant World Seeds UK!