Cirsium 'Mount Etna'
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 120cm
Width - up to 75cm
Location - The Terrace
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and tall, upright stems. Long, narrow mid to dark green leaves are spiny and have a pinnatisect outline. Small, tubular flowers are bright pink and white, and together form a thistle-like flowerhead (Capitulum). The flowerheads are held atop tall, vertical stems in midsummer. The flowers are a magnet for bees and butterflies and the seeds that follow are attractive to birds.
Flower:
Small tubular, white and pink flowers are held in thistle flowerheads (capitulum). The flowerheads are held atop the tall stems and are produced from July into August.
Flower colour: Pink, white
Flower shape: Tubular flowers held in a capitulum
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Mid to dark green, spiny leaves are long and narrow with a pinnatisect outline. The leaves are mostly held at the base of the plant with fewer, smaller leaves held on the flowering stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Long narrow leaves with a pinnatisect outline
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.