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The Blue Thistle is an excellent flowâ€" er for a large wet lot. They grow along the edges of a wooded area or a creek. The flower consists of a two inch ball made up of hundreds of oneâ€" eighthâ€"inch florets. The florets start opening from the top of the ball in rows until all the ball is blue or a blueâ€"grey. The plants must be deadâ€"headed as soon as the flowers fade because each head makes hunâ€" dreds of seeds that will fill the garden. ‘The tall rugged Echinops is availâ€" able from the O:ask y 1T‘l I€ Horticultural Society Plant Sale, May 21st 1994 at Knox Presbyterian Church on Dunn Butterfly houses are popular addiâ€" it opens. This causâ€" es the flower to wilt. Butterflies can still obtain nectar after the others have fed. This makes quite a succession of insects over a fourâ€" week season. The monarch butterfly migration nears Oakville in time for flowering of Echinops, the blue thistle. The nectar must be sweet as it attracts bees, hornets, butâ€" terflies and even a few humming birds. The honey bee is the first on the flowâ€" er followed by a black hometâ€"type of insect that feeds on nectar but also removes juice from the stem under the flower head before BLUE THISTLE mlifeal Honey bee first on the Blue Thistle CONNECT FOR SALE fln tm JOHNSTON & DANIEL Another unique experience awaits at the Herb Festival of the Royal Botanical Gardens Teaching Garden, August tions to show garâ€" dens. _ Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, (near Atlanta), and Cypress Gardens in Winter _ Haven, Florida, are noted for the varieties and numbers of butterâ€" flies they display. The eggs: are hatched, the larvae fed on their preâ€" ferred plants or food in a separate area until they pupate. The pupae are set in the show area to form the butterflies. Usually small birds are loose with the butterflies. It is a unique experience. NEW LISTING. Parkâ€"like sett house. 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