Carlina acaulis simplex
Low-growing thistle with large, silvery-white flower discs and sturdy spines. It thrives in full sun and dry, stony soil. Ideal for rock gardens or the front of borders. It attracts bees and other pollinators. It remains beautiful in seed, also as a natural dried flower.
Use in the garden
- wildlife: for bees for butterflies
botanical information
- Botanical name: Carlina acaulis simplex
- Genus: Carlina
- Family: Asteraceae
- origin: Europe
- origin mountains: Pyrenees,Alps,Apennines
Features
| height: | 5-15 cm |
| flowering: | July - September |
| color: | white, golden, silvery white |
| leaf color: | grey blue, green, blue green |
| habit: | rosette |
| growth: | medium, slow |
| level: | easy |
| light: | full sun, sunny |
| moisture: | summer dry, very dry, dry, winter dry |
| soil texture: | highly permeable, pervious, light |
| organic matter: | none to little, normal |
| pH: | acid, neutral, limy |
| winter zone: | 5 [-25°C] |
| density: | 8 - 12 |
