Please make sure JavaScript is enabled.
 
Profile Image Franny Green

franshinegee

Urban gardener in zone 8b, Portland, Oregon. Plant obsessed but working on using more natives and drought tolerant plants. Chicken and bee keeper.

Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'

  • Season Icon Mid SummerMid Summer 2017
  • Like Count 28
comment
franshinegee

#globethistle #echinops #bee

7w
comment
veepaisal

@janelleabella does this flower resemble the one you posted!?!?

7w
comment
janelleabella

Just being a round ball lol. It was bushy growing in the water

7w
comment
janelleabella

@veepaisal it's buttonbush @cyndi nailed it! 👏👏👏

7w
  • Season Icon Mid SummerMid Summer 2017
  • Like Count 31
comment
franshinegee

#echinops #globethistle #blue #droughttolerant

7w
comment
janelleabella

This color is fantastic!

7w
comment
jennlamaye

That is so pretty! How tall is this flower?

7w
  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2017
  • Like Count 16
comment
franshinegee

Baby Echinops #globethistle #echinops #blue #newgrowth #bud

8w
  • Season Icon Mid AutumnMid Autumn 2016
  • Like Count 25
comment
franshinegee

Amazingly, my thistle is sprouting seeds right there on the seed head. #echinops #surpriseplants #seedlings #blueflowers #globethistle #thistle #echinops

8w
comment
usgardentags

That's insane !

8w
  • Season Icon Early AutumnEarly Autumn 2016
  • Like Count 9
comment
franshinegee

If you asked for seeds I'll be sending them out this weekend!

8w
comment
franshinegee

#echinops #globethistle #seedhead #seedexchange

8w
  • Season Icon Early SummerEarly Summer 2016
  • Like Count 12
comment
FaithHC

This is the most beautiful thistle I've ever seen! Where can I get some?

9w
comment
franshinegee

They're very common, but I'd be more than happy to send you some seeds!

8w
comment
FaithHC

That would be so awesome, I'd love some seeds

8w
comment
franshinegee

Cool - I'm new at this, I guess you can send your address to fkg767@gmail.com 🙂

8w
comment
franshinegee

Oh, and you might want to look at a bigger pic of the plant - it's a thistle and most people don't understand why I have it in my garden until it blooms! ;)

8w
comment
FaithHC

I love thistle!!!

8w
comment
FaithHC

I sent you a message

8w
comment
franshinegee

#blueflowers #globethistle #thistle #echinops #indigoflowers

8w