Globe thistle is a fast-growing, contemporary-looking perennial plant with spherical blue, purple, or white blooms that add arresting color to summer border gardens. Yet unlike other eye-catching ...

They are an invasive perennial that farmers hate because a thistle infested field can reduce crop yield by up to 50 per cent. They are an invasive perennial that farmers hate because a thistle ...

Globe thistle’s pale purple to steel blue flowers, held high on stiff stems above coarse dark green foliage, are stealing the show this summer in gardens where they grow. Sea holly is a close ...

Best looks: Globe thistle is a striking addition to a sunny perennial border and combines well with other midseason perennials like garden phlox, catmints, beebalms, daylilies, anise hyssops ...

Life The Casual Gardener: Thistles with global appeal If you’re a looking for an easy-tended perennial that peaks in late summer, John Manley says look no further than the ever-dependable globe ...

"Echinops" commonly known as "Globe Thistle" is a perennial that has many assets and no liabilities, except that like all thistles, it is not soft to touch. It grows to about three feet with stiff ...

The globe thistle ( Echinops ritro) is considered one of the most elegant plants found in Ohio gardens. ... The golf-ball-sized and -shaped flowers are a brilliant dark lavender blue.