I’ve been growing a globe thistle (Echinops ritro) plant for over a decade now. But for the last 5 years or so it had all but disappeared from my flowerbed.
That’s why I was very pleasantly surprised to see it come back with a vengeance this year. It grew 4 feet tall and about 3 feet wide surprising all the other plants around it that had gotten used to some extra growing space.
Globe thistle is hardy in Zones 3-8. The plants send up bluish-purple flowers in mid-summer that are a magnet for honeybees, bumblebees and other pollinators.
