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I think these are GREAT garden plants. Mine are divisions from three 4" pots. The plants were in the ground two years. They did well and ...Read More
I am in zone 7. Ritro Echinops is one of my favorite garden flowers but it does not do well for me. Invasive? Hardly! I wish. I have ...Read More
I find this plant incredibly invasive. Because of the spines on the plant you can't pull them with your hands unless you're wearing leath...Read More
I started my Echinops from seed in January 2015. They seemed healthy, and I transplanted them at the back of a rock bed in a sunny spot (...Read More
The jury is still out on this plant for me. I live in UK & my mum has a huge 6' x 3' wide growing. I was so envious I purchased a pack of...Read More
I enjoy the flowers that have been there for years but never knew what it was. It grows quite well in my yard.
Outstanding tall perennial and not invasive in my zone. Mine actually went dormant for a year and I thought they'd died. But they came ...Read More
Incredibly invasive in my zone 7 garden; it reseeds everywhere and seedlings appear throughout the spring and summer. The roots are very...Read More
I've had this plant since 2001 in Muskoka, Ontario (zone 4). I planted it in a garden that runs along a cedar hedge. I allow the hedge to...Read More
Echinops reseeds prolifically. Helping a sister in her 4 year old bed dozens were pulled from every hole in the barrier fabric not packe...Read More
I sowed these from seed last spring, delicately called "Platinum Blue Flower" by Seed Savers Exchange. I was excited by the audacity of t...Read More
I put one of these in my original front flowerbed in 2003. I live in Zone 3a with fairly heavy clay soil. This year the monster is as tal...Read More
I'm really enjoying this plant. I started it from seed three or four years ago and now have two big, healthy, blooming plants (all I rea...Read More
This is a wonderful texture plant. The foliage and flowers are both striking.
If starting seed in a seed-tray, choose one with rea...Read More
I love these flowers. The plant itself looks wicked, and most people mistake them for a vicious weed. When the flower is forming, it re...Read More
This plant is something different, sort of a texture plant. The leaves to flower ratio is probably high to grow just for flowers.
I planted it last year and haven't seen a bloom yet so we'll see this year. We're entering September and I'm still waiting!
A purple version of this plant grows wild in my area. It appears to grow under various conditions, Full Sun, Part Sun, & it seems to tole...Read More
As a dried flower for use in arrangements, I love this flower, however, it will not grow for me - anywhere it seems - in my gardens. It's...Read More
This plant took 2 years to bloom for me. I love it. I have 4 of them. And from what I have been reading, I will have more(to share).
One of my favorites for the back row! Fills in nicely, and I love those prickly blue balls in July. They actually are softer than they ...Read More
This is an unusual color and structure, so it's a conversation piece. I loved it the first year. But, thereafter it became a royal pain...Read More
I enjoy this plant very much. New gardeners love the blue globes and this one sends off enough babies that I share every spring. It gets ...Read More