1 x 9cm pot 510123-1 | £9.50 |
Delivery early May
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When in stock, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for despatch. For fruit & veg bare roots/crowns or potatoes, please allow up to 2 weeks for despatch.
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3 x 9cm pots 510123-3 | £26.50 |
Delivery early May
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When in stock, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for despatch. For fruit & veg bare roots/crowns or potatoes, please allow up to 2 weeks for despatch.
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One of my long-term favourite plants. It's handsome, easy, long-flowering, healthy and loved by our pollinating friends. If you don't already have it in your garden, you should!
Genus | Cirsium |
Group/Species | rivulare |
Variety | Atropurpureum |
Type | Perennial |
Common Name | Plume Thistle |
Border Position | Border (Back) |
Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
Scent | Unscented |
Site | Full Sun |
Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
Height | 1.5m (5ft) |
Spacing | 75cm (30in) |
Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Plant in moist but well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered spot. Sprinkle mycorrhizal fungi (Rootgrow) into the base of the planting hole and water well after planting. For best effect plant in groups of 3 or more. |
Care Tips | Cut plants back in autumn to prevent them self-seeding, or leave them intact to provide a winter source of food for birds. Lift and divide congested clumps in autumn or spring. |
Flowering | June - September |
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Plant Delivery - When in stock, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for despatch. For fruit & veg bare roots/crowns or potatoes, please allow up to 2 weeks for despatch.
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Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' reviews
Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Jan
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