Onopordum Acanthium - Scotch Thistle  is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and Western Asia from the Iberian Peninsula east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere with especially large populations present in the United States and Australia. It is a vigorous biennial plant with coarse, spiny leaves and conspicuous spiny-winged stems. The flowers are globe shaped, from dark pink to lavender, and are produced in the summer.
 
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I am excited to add to my seed listings! I have just received my order of seed for 31 new varieties of flowers. It has taken a while to find and research each variety to make sure they will grow in the U.S.A. Since I purchased these from Europe, I read about each one and its growing habits and preferences to ensure the plant's success here. 
Because I have not seen these plants in real life, I am not well versed with them yet. I am really excited to grow each and every one of them, but I cannot advise anyone at this time on these new varieties, I will have to see how each germinates and grows before I can tell you personally.  So please google any you are interested in as you can see their likes and growing habits, also, google germination as I will be, lol.Once I have grown them, I will offer hints and suggestions. I am so thrilled and proud to offer such an amazing variety of seed of beautiful and unique flowers to all my fellow Garden Lovers!