The biennial E giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’ produces big, eye-catching, silvery white blooms on stems of up to a metre tall. It ...

If your annual flowers aren’t exploding with celebratory fireworks of color right now, it may be lack of fertilizer.

"In my garden, sea holly's bright blue flowers are always full of bumble bees, native bees, and beneficial wasps," Elizabeth says. "It looks similar to a thistle, and I like the cut flowers for ...

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You might think rabbits are cute, but your plants don't. That's why it's a good idea to keep them out of your garden with these flowers they can't stand.

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Position: fertile, well-drained soil in full sun Height x spread: 1.5 x 1.5m Beloved by bees during the summer, the huge thistle-like flowers of cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) turn into large seed heads ...

Turn off the heat and add the butterfly flowers (or powder), juniper berries, and one sprig of fresh lavender. Allow the flavors to infuse for 30 minutes and strain the ingredients.

Like blue flowers? This Pennsylvania native delivers in spring: George’s Plant Pick of the Week Updated: May. 03, 2025, 5:55 a.m. | Published: May. 03, 2025, 5:55 a.m.

It bears beautiful, globe-shaped, thistle-like flowers. Plant this perennial in early May, as soon as we are frost-free, and you will be cutting flowers to make bouquets in the house until late fall.

Warmer weather and sunlight means that invasive plants are able to reproduce like wildfire. Common UK weeds include dandelion, chickweed and the dreaded prickly milk thistle.