Echinops ritro Globe thistle Z 3-9

$12.25/bareroot

Mid to late summer, round, steel blue flower heads, great dried flowers

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Mid to late summer, round, steel blue flower heads at 1st prickly then turning soft and fuzzy.   Great cut flower – fresh or dried.

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