Echinops Bannaticus - Blue Glow globe thistle. This plant is seriously fascinating. It is a showy plant that blooms July to August with a dramatic steel blue color, leaning toward a slight lavender hue. This is a clump forming erect perennial with stiff branching stems and deep sectioned leaves that are long and rough on top and soft white below. The steel blue flowers have thistle like petals that form perfect uniform globe shaped flowers at the top of the stems. This plant grows best from seed directly in the ground due to its taproots, which makes it difficult to transplant.
 
          10+  seed per pack      
 
Planting Zone: 3 - 8
 
Full Sun
 
Height:  2 feet - 4 feet
 
Width:  1 foot - 2 feet
 
Attracts Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees and other beneficial insects
 
Cut flowers lasting up to 4 weeks in a vase
 
Great Dried flowers
 
Self-sowing
 
Rich nectar
 
Tolerates dry soil, and shallow rocky soil
 
Drought resistant
 
Resistant to Deer and Rabbit
 
I urge anyone buying seed to do their homework on germination, I have not raised and cannot raise many of these plants as I am sub-tropics here in St Augustine, Florida. All seed are NOT alike!  There are so many different factors in germination and not doing a search is throwing your money away. I want everyone to be successful when growing your flowers from seed it is the most rewarding experience in Gardening and you can do it, if you give the seed what it needs to grow. I always check 3 sites of info to choose how I will go about it. It is not hard to do, if you do it right!
SEED GERMINATION TIP!!!!!!!
ONLY GERMINATE A SMALL PORTION AT A TIME.
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR MONKEYS IN A BARREL.
Good Luck and Happy Planting!!!!