Thistle Blossoms as Cultivated Garden Plant
Thistle in bloom can add dramatic beauty to any flower garden.
In the west it can be hard to see a thistle as anything other than a painful weed, and they...
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Thistle in bloom can add dramatic beauty to any flower garden.
In the west it can be hard to see a thistle as anything other than a painful weed, and they are all being topped right now by ranchers as part of the constant attempt to eradicate them from pastures.
The gardener can learn from agriculture in this. If you want to get rid of them, then cutting them just as they flower will do much to weaken them. But do this too early, and they will return with vigor; let them seed, and you are guaranteed more plants than ever next year.
The Mother Goose nursery rhyme goes ----Cut thistles in May, They'll grow in a day; Cut them in June, That is too soon; Cut them in July, Then they will die. (This is about a month off for this part of the country.)
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In the west it can be hard to see a thistle as anything other than a painful weed, and they are all being topped right now by ranchers as part of the constant attempt to eradicate them from pastures.
The gardener can learn from agriculture in this. If you want to get rid of them, then cutting them just as they flower will do much to weaken them. But do this too early, and they will return with vigor; let them seed, and you are guaranteed more plants than ever next year.
The Mother Goose nursery rhyme goes ----Cut thistles in May, They'll grow in a day; Cut them in June, That is too soon; Cut them in July, Then they will die. (This is about a month off for this part of the country.)
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