Echinops ritro ssp. ruthenicus ‘Platinum Blue’
Echinops ritro ssp. ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue' is a globe thistle with thistle-like leaves, silver stems and blue spheres of starry flowers.
Description:
Echinops ritro ssp. ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue' is a stunning architectural perennial that offers deeply divided basal, thistle-like leaves off of silvery stems topped with dramatic lavender-blue spheres of starry flowers characteristic of this genus. Will pop in the mixed border with Phlox, Monarda and ornamental grasses for dramatic appeal. Also great in the rock garden and the vase. Huge bee attractor.
Common Name: Globe Thistle
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour: Silver
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Open sandy steppes.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia
Asia and the Pacific - Southwest Asia and Asia Minor
Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan
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