Globe Thistle Blue Echinops Ritro is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. Globe Thistle Blue seeds can be started indoors, and it is recommended to apply a cold treatment prior sowing the seeds. Echinops Ritro grows up to 48 inches tall featuring thistle-like foliage with 6-8 inch, deeply lobed, grey-green leaves with distinctive spines and blooming in summer and fall with globular, thistle-like, 1-2 inches in diameter, steel-blue flowers on stiff, rigid stems. Globe Thistle Blue flowers are loved by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
