Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Pleasant Surprise

Last year at the Denver Botanic Garden's plant sale, I bought a couple of Berkheya purpurea plants.  It is described online as a thistle.  I assumed it was an annual in my zone.  Just as it was staring to bloom, the hail storm wiped all of the plants and I assumed that was the end of that.  I was wrong.  One of the plants survived and it is blooming.  I am so excited.  Obviously it is much hardier than I realized.


Sits on the southeast side of the house. 

Pretty mauve flowers

Not a plant you can touch.  It is very prickly. 

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