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A close-up of a bumblebee on a spiky, round purple Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue flower from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden, with a blurred background of greenery and other Globe Thistle seeds.
A close-up of a bumblebee on a spiky, round purple Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue flower from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden, with a blurred background of greenery and other Globe Thistle seeds.
A yellow circular logo features a black and white bee at its center with bold black text reading RHS PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS—perfect for showcasing hardy perennial favorites like Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue.
A bumblebee collects nectar from a spiky, light purple Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue flower by Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden, a hardy perennial grown from Globe Thistle seeds, with blurred blooms and green foliage in the background.
Green and white circular logo with a trophy center, reading RHS Award of Garden Merit®, awarded to hardy perennials such as Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden.
A close-up of Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue by Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden, showing its spiky purple blooms against green leaves and a blurred greenhouse—a striking hardy perennial.

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Selected by our team at Bishy Barnabees · Reg. No. 8067

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50 seeds

Perennial

Echinops ritro Veitch's Blue

The RHS Award of Garden Merit globe thistle — deep indigo-blue spheres that progress from silver metallic buds through electric blue on rigid, self-supporting silvery-white stems; the RHS AGM-awarded selection that intensifies globe thistle's already extraordinary blue into a deep indigo — richer in colour, larger in globe size, more compact in habit, and carrying the RHS seal of reliable garden merit

Height 90–120cm
Spread 60cm
Spacing 60cm

Quantity

£2.30
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Standard delivery £2.76 · 2–4 working days
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Packaging Eco-friendly · compostable & recyclable
Destinations UK only

Every seed in our range has been chosen by the team at Salle Moor Hall Farm, Reepham, Norfolk — where we grow, dry and harvest flowers throughout the season. We select for performance, reliability and beauty in UK cottage garden conditions.

Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd · Defra/APHA Authorised Seed Merchant · Reg. No. 8067

About the awards & recognition

RHS Award of Garden Merit

RHS Award of Garden Merit

The RHS Award of Garden Merit is given to plants of outstanding excellence for ordinary garden use. To earn this award a plant must be of good constitution, available to the gardening public, and perform reliably across a range of UK growing conditions. It is one of the most trusted plant recommendations in British gardening and a genuine mark of quality.

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