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Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' Seeds

A "must-have" for any cottage garden, Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' is the most exquisite globe thistle you can grow. It forms a striking clump of deeply-dissected, silvery-green leaves, from which rise strong, silvery stems topped with golf-ball-sized, electric-blue globes.

This plant isn't just about looks; it's a vital, living part of the garden. The "RHS Plants for Pollinators" mark  is well-deserved—on a sunny day, the flowers are a magnet, humming with bees and butterflies. It's also a fantastic, long-lasting cut flower  and holds its form and colour beautifully when dried.

Quantity of Seeds 50 Seeds
Type Perennial
Genus Echinops ritro
Sow Seeds

Sow indoors March-May onto seed compost and cover only very lightly.  Keep damp whilst germinating. 

Plant Out Harden off before planting out after all frosts have passed.  Likes full sun and well-drained soil.  Can be direct sown from late April-early May
Flowers August onwards 
Height & Spread 1.2m high x 30-60cm spread

 

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RHS Award of Garden Merit.

This plant/cultivar has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit because it has proved to be reliable in appropriate conditions and a good performing plant.

RHS Plants for Pollinators.

The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects.

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    Promptly delivered and well packaged. Seeds now growing nicely