Echinops ritro 'Taplow Blue'
Small Globe Thistle
Small Globe Thistle
Type Perennial
Hardy range 4A to 9A
Height 36" to 4' / 90cm to 1.20m
Spread 24" to 36" / 60cm to 90cm
Growth rate Fast
Form Irregular or sprawling
Exposure Full sun
Persistence Deciduous
Hardy range 4A to 9A
Height 36" to 4' / 90cm to 1.20m
Spread 24" to 36" / 60cm to 90cm
Growth rate Fast
Form Irregular or sprawling
Exposure Full sun
Persistence Deciduous
Bloom Color Blue
Bloom Time Summer and Fall
The flowers are suitable for cut flowers and suitable for dried flowers.
Bloom Time Summer and Fall
The flowers are suitable for cut flowers and suitable for dried flowers.
Environment
This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry to moist soil.
Suitable soil is sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral to alkaline (6.8 to more than 7.7) soil.
This plant tolerates drought.
This plant will grow in dry to moist soil.
Suitable soil is sandy.
The pH preference is a neutral to alkaline (6.8 to more than 7.7) soil.
Leaf Color Silvery
Culture Notes
Root cuttings can be made in the spring. Seeds can be collected late summer, but this plant notoriously self-sows and may take over gardens if the seed heads are not removed before ripe. The heavy textured leaf has a creamy white underside. The round steel blue flower contrasts well with other perennials, such as Rudbeckia, Kniphofia, Echinacea, and Heliopsis sp.
Root cuttings can be made in the spring. Seeds can be collected late summer, but this plant notoriously self-sows and may take over gardens if the seed heads are not removed before ripe. The heavy textured leaf has a creamy white underside. The round steel blue flower contrasts well with other perennials, such as Rudbeckia, Kniphofia, Echinacea, and Heliopsis sp.
