RE: [gardeners] Globe thistle

Dorsett (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:35:59 -0500

Anyone know where I can get some globe thistle seeds?

Pat Neumann
Sag Harbor, NY

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I got echinops seeds in a Lake Valley seed packet -- at Frank's Nurseries,
which is a garden center/chain store.  Almost every seed catalog I've gotten
recently offers it...look in the perennials or everlastings sections...so
you can get Echinops ritro about anywhere.

Two places offering Echinops ritro in their online catalogs:
Parks Seeds  http://parkseed.com/
Pinetree Garden Seeds http://www.superseeds.com/

Several mail order plant companies offer 'improved' forms.

Eryngium is sea holly...also neat, and I think it's a group of plants Dr.
Seuss would appreciate.
  Eryngium giganteum
    http://www.weirdandwonderfulplant.co.uk/ermim.htm

  http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/eryplanum.htm
  http://www.stratsplace.com/gardendiary/eryngium_seaholly.html

Barb in Southern Indiana  Zone 5/6  dorsettm@scin.quik.com
  "If you are not killing plants, you are not really
   stretching yourself as a gardener."
   - J. C. Raulston