Carlina acaulis var simplex Alpine Carline Thistle /
perennials
herbs/vegetables
alpine garden/rock garden plants
25 cm
p12
pot diameter 12 cm
4,50 €
Description
A unique plant with a prickly rosette of leaves and white flowers from June to frost, suitable for drying. Since the flowers close before the rain, this nice plant is also a rain forecaster. Prefers poor soil with good drainage, sun or partial shade, excess moisture is fatal to the plant. The flowers can be used in cooking like an artichoke. Height up to 25 cm
| Category: | perennials, herbs/vegetables, alpine garden/rock garden plants |
| Flower color: | white, silver |
| Flowering time: | VII, VIII |
| Growing conditions: | sunny, dry, calcareous, with good drainage, rocky |
| European climate zone: | Z4= -29 ...-35, Z5= -23 ...-29 |
| Height: | 3-15cm |
