Scotch Thistle — Flowers
Onopordum
Sun or part shade, light watering — hardy anywhere in the UK.
- Plant out
- Mar
- In flower
- Jul, Aug, Sep
- Sun
- Part sun
- Water
- Low
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Hardiness
- H7
- Season
- summer
- Height
- 100–150 cm
- Spacing
- 100 cm
- Pets
- Safe around pets
- Bee friendly
- Bee friendly
Growing notes
Grows to 1-1.5 metres. Space about 50-100cm apart. In flower Jul-Sep.
Safe around pets
The spines can give a nasty puncture wound, so keep children away from it and wear gloves to handle it.
→ NHS 111, or your GP.