Light Requirements: full sun/part shade
Soil Moisture: medium/wet
Bloom Color: purple
Bloom Time: July-October
Height: 7 ft.
Deer Resistant? Yes
Black Walnut tolerant?
Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
$5.00Price
I'm a Tompkins County, NY native.
Many people don't seem to appreciate us much, but we benefit many bees, butterflies, moths and even hummingbirds. Goldfinches particularly enjoy our seeds.
We are also less prickly than the non-native and more weedy thistles.
I'm a biennial or short lived thistle and don't spread by rhizomes but will self seed.