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cirsium rivulare
kailzie garden 2~6~06

Very beautiful plant.  And I believe much loved by bullfinshes who perch on top and eat the seeds !  :D ;D

And Bumble Bees.  They get quite drunk on the  nectar and doze off on mine.  You can gently touch them and they just hang there with their heads buried in the flower.  I have it next to echinops and that seems to have the same effect.

drunk bees

Gorgeous colour :)!

I'd love some of those. Don't tell me, they grow 6' tall?   ??? ::) :P

G x

a mere 5 foot  ;D

rosette of spikey basal leaves and then thin all the way to the top

Oh, a bit like echinops then only taller?  I'll have to have a think about how I can squeeze a few in.  ;)

G x

i'm sure you'll manage in your tardis like garden ;) ;D

Can't see your pics GW :'(

Neither can i G W. ???

sorry girls  :'(
it's working ok at my end

Boo hoo greenwiz, I can't see them either - got the 'oops, this has moved' message in Photobucket.

Quote from: Georgie on June 07, 2006, 18:27:01
Oh, a bit like echinops then only taller?  I'll have to have a think about how I can squeeze a few in.  ;)

What you want is a couple of onopordon acanthium georgie, want some seed? ;)

GW I can't see pics either. Same thing re  photobucket. I often get this with your pics uinless I happen to look at them soon after your posting. I did ask about this once and a member said it was because poster had removed them  from photobucket but from your comments that doesn't seem to be.
SEE! we just don't like missing your pics ;D
Lorna

they're still in my photobucket account & i still see them at my end so it's a puzzle L

A'HA    Thistles are back but drunk bees are not ???

Same here GW - great thistles ;D

Rather nice GW  thank you for sorting it out, i feel i have missed something if i cannot see your pictures. ;D ;D

Quote from: supersprout on June 12, 2006, 06:51:27

What you want is a couple of onopordon acanthium georgie, want some seed? ;)

Do I?  If you promise they won't get out of hand then I'd love some seed please.  Thanks Super Sprout.   ;D

G x

Glad you like the idea G, my mum had onopordon everywhere in the garden. When my sister and I were wee, one of our jobs was to cut off the spent thistle heads and shake them where she wanted plants (they're biennial).
baby (first year) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/onopordon_little.jpg
full grown http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/onopordon1.jpg
flowering http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/onopordon_flower.jpg
Will scrummage and send you some - it'll remind me to shake them wildly over the plot in a couple of months' time :)
They grow to 240m high and 1.5m wide :P