Wilde Karde

created by K. at 12.04.2023

Features

Location

Bed

Season Overview

Sowing

Harvest

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2ND YEAR

Description

Thistles are plant species from the composite family (Asteraceae). Today they are found all over the world and are cultivated as useful and ornamental plants. Because of its oil-containing seeds, safflower is mainly cultivated as an oil plant, but also as a colorant. Milk thistle is used as a medicinal plant. Insect and bird-friendly plants. Generally rather insensitive to diseases and pests. Other true thistle species (Carduoideae) are globe thistles, ring thistles, golden thistles, scratch thistles, donkey thistles and goose thistles. Thistle plants are usually covered with spines and thorns.

Non hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

Best planted in spring or fall and cut back in spring. The following are also good neighbors: grasses, morning glory, scabiosa, coneflower, false coneflower, coneflower, sheaf, foxglove, spurge, blue rue.