WEEKLY PHOTO GLOBE THISTLE

Posted on July 17, 2015 by bettylouise31

This plant is a member of the thistle and it not invasive and can be grown in the garden. It is lovely in floral arrangements.Echinops exalatus - Pasco, WA - 1984

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4 Responses to WEEKLY PHOTO GLOBE THISTLE

  1. lbeth1950 says:
    July 17, 2015 at 11:24 pm

    This looks like what I found. Thanks. Might try to grow some.

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  2. Trisha says:
    July 18, 2015 at 4:56 am

    A very pretty and interesting-looking plant! I don’t think I’ve seen it before.

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    • bettylouise31 says:
      July 18, 2015 at 3:51 pm

      Thistles are unique plants especially in dried arrangements. But please do not wash the seeds in our rvers to clean t h em A yellow species has become so invasive in Idaho’s wildlands that goats are being used to control it. This species doesn’t spread a d I think Parks seed carries the seed.

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  3. Belinda Crane says:
    July 19, 2015 at 3:38 am

    This is a beautiful plant. I need to see if this grows down here in Australia. šŸ™‚

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