After seeing Globe Thistle while walking about last weekend I’d been wondering why I never see them at a nursery, only in other people’s gardens, which makes it harder to get one for yourself (there’s that pesky “stealing” issue again). Then the other night I made a quick stop at Garden Fever on my way home. I hadn’t been for two weeks and needed to see what was new (yes, I had to get my fix). And there it was! I found the most amazing Globe Thistle, an Echinops sphaerocephalus ‘Arctic Glow’ - silver/white globes and deep red stems – sold!
I made my way to the cashier who was just finishing up with another customer. She looked up and said “hi to you and your dangerous plant,” yep, that’s me buying more danger for the danger garden! I’m thinking I might need to go back for another.
Hee hee, I saw an agave at the zoo today and totally thought of you! Also saw a globe thistle on the way back to the car, my daughter just had to touch it. Didn't spike her but I wouldn't want her to try any harder. Sigh, not too much danger allowed in my garden at the moment. Will this one not get blue like the usual variety? Cool!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful specimin...might she be familiar with your blog????
ReplyDeleteJust make sure you have room for two. A mature echinops can get 5 feet tall and about 4 across. Impressive.
ReplyDeleteKaren - not blue, which makes me happy! Something unusual. I need to go to the Woodland Park Zoo again - haven't been there since I was a child, now you tell me they have agaves! I'm there!
ReplyDeleteislandgardener - that is what was so weird! It was like the most expected thing for someone to say who knew my blog and then I realized that there was no way she did! I mentioned it just to be sure and laughed about it.
Patrick - sounds like you know what you are talking about. I always over look that mature thing. Maybe I'll stop at 1 and spend my $9.99 on something else...
Happy you found your echinops. I'm a huge fan of the true blue, gray-blue echinops ritro globes, but that Arctic Glow is a contender!
ReplyDeleteMy thought - check the mature size and buy another: I think it's a totally different plant style from your usual dangerous choices, and mine only ever got to be 3-1/2 feet tall by 2-1/2 wide. That leaves lots of room for #2.
I saw those at Garden Fever this week--on one of my two visits--but resisted. I gotta stop buying and then wandering around the yard shocked that I don't have any place to plant. I did get two crazy little sedums--identified only by handwritten tags reading 'chocolate ball'. There're fabulous, like miniature evergreens. I added them to the parking strip because I can still see dirt there--Megan's measure of when you're done.
ReplyDeleteJane, yep you called it...well at least according to the tag. Mature size is 2 - 3 ft tall and 24" wide. Plenty of room for #2, especially because I will then be able to use them as cuttings for in the house.
ReplyDeletePatricia, I have the same theory as Megan. If there is dirt you can plant. Although I do hate it when I damage something contorting myself to get around other plants and a foot ends up in the wrong place. This is where yoga comes in handy. I'm going to need to check out these 'chocolate ball'...hope you left a couple for the rest of us.
Love your "Danger garden" and Kim loves those globe thistles.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like she recognized you doesn't it? You have posted a couple pictures of yourself, and it's not out of the question that someone who worked there would read your blog. Then again, I suppose it's possible you have just picked an apt name for your blog, and your plants are on brand. Love the flowers, they're so geometric.
ReplyDeleteK and V, thank you! You should get one if you don't already have one!
ReplyDeleteMegan, that is totally how I felt but once I mentioned it she didn't seem to know about the blog. "On brand" haven't heard that before but it works!