2010
Echinops bannaticus
"Star Frost"
Flowering period: July - September

Height > 75 cm
Spread: 25 - 50 cm
Habit: Upright
Flower type: Double
Leaf Color Dark
Placement: Sun
Water Average
Fertilizer need: Average
Plant type: Perennial


Class Best seller 2010

Family: Asteraceae (Compositae) Origin: Breeding origin; the wild species grows in Europe Special Features: A shorter habit with nice branching and a profusion of golf-ball sized white blooms, plus decorative foliage History: 2008 Jelitto introduction. Parkinson sang the praises of Echinops in 1629 in Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. John Evelyn later included a few species in Elysium Britannicum, a 17th century compendium of all good things to grow, under a listing for "Flowering Plants for the Coronary Garden