Collection: Cirsium

Cirsium or Plume Thistle

Great perennials with attractive spiny leaves and typical thistle-type flower-heads.

These are ideal perennials for inviting wildlife into the garden they bear pollen rich flowers which benefit bees, butterflies and if you decide the seeds feed the birds

Where to Site Your Cirsium

Soil in the middle to flower borders. These also look great when planted with grasses, creating the prairie theme

How to Grow and Look after Your Cirsium

Grow well in moist well drained in a full sun position

They can be pruned back in autumn to prevent them from self-seeding or you can leave them and let the birds enjoy the seeds.