Onopordum acanthium
Onopordum acanthium
- expected April
Scotch Thistle is not appropriate for small gardens, but makes an excellent feature plant if you have the space. It forms a rosette of enormous felty, spike covered leaves in its first year. In its second year, it grows to a towering seven foot high, blooms prolifically, and seeds freely.
Zones: 4 to 8
Family: Asteraceae
Type: Perennial
Height: 36 to 84 in.
Width: 36 to 48 in.
Exposure: full sun
Conditions: dry, average
Bloom Time: July to September
Bloom Color: purple
Native Range: Europe to Central Asia
We will not ship this plant to the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
Image Credits:
- Image 1 (bloom) H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 2 (foliage) Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 3 (form) Dellex, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 4 (blooms) CSIRO, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 5 (in garden) Gilles Clément, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons