Wild Flower Woolly Thistle Cirsium eriophorum Seeds

Woolly Thistle – Cirsium Eriophorum

Woolly Thistle can grow to up to 1.5m in height, baring large flowers. It is the tallest but scarcest UK thistle. The globular flowers appear from July to September, and are reddish purple in colour with woolly haired bracts. As with the other thistles, it is attractive to a wide range of insects.

Sow at any time.