Considered by most growers as the lovliest Globe Thistle, Echinops Veitch’s Blue is an excellent rebloomer that produces abundant, dark violet-blue flowers at the ends of graceful curving, branched, silvery stems. Blooming from mid-summer to early fall, the bold ornamental, steel blue globe-shaped flowers (The size of golf balls) rise above the foliage of sharply divided, dark green leaves, covered in down beaneath. Adding outstanding contrast, interest, and colour to the landscape. Excellent for cutting, it flowers more than once every season. Truely lovely and perfectly suited to the perennial border or cutting garden.
Plant in full sun to partial shade, in well drained fertile soil. Deer and rabbit resistant and attractive to butterflies. Grows to heights of 4 feet with a spread of 24″, ideal for rock and gravel gardens, informal, cottage, prairie and meadow gardens
