Blue flowered Echinops

Echinops ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue'

  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Life cycle
    Hardy perennial
  • Location
    Full sun
  • Winter Hardiness
    Hardiness from -5° to -20°C
  • Water
    Drought
  • Soil Requirements
    Well-drained

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Perennial herbaceous with spherical inflorescences, this Echinops cultivar is hardy in the cold.

Grow it in your garden or on your balcony with ease. In summer it will give you elegant colored inflorescences deep blue which you can also use as a cut flower for bouquets and floral compositions. Its particular flowers are also useful for bees and pollinating insects who find sustenance.

In popular medicine this species was used as a cure for inflammation and as a galactagogue.

  • Our aromatic herbs are sold in vase diameter 12 cm (unless specified exceptions)
  • We are all certified bio!
  • Useful advice on Echinops? Grow them in a very sunny space, they are not afraid of direct sun and don't worry if the soil is dry, they tolerate the absence of water very well!

*At the same time as the autumn/winter period, the plant has little or no vegetation.

Vase 18 cm

Weight1 kg