Honestly, the flowers are not blue at all, butthey ARE still lovely. This ornamental, non-spiny, thistle will grace your borders in mid-spring through early summer with nectar-rich, deep, fuchsia-red bloom-puffs on tall upright stems. Large, deeply-lobed, grey-green leaves arch upward to form a mounding basal rosette.
Mature size:3-4ft T x 1-2 ft W
Minimum temperature: -20
[‘drought-tolerant’, ‘full sun’, ‘intermittent water’, ‘pollinator-friendly’, ‘sun’, ‘sun or part shade’]
