Not from my garden
February 20, 2013
Nothing from my garden today; just something I came across last weekend while taking some time off.
Cirsium Horridulum – Yellow Thistle
In the otherwise brown winter dunes these green dragons caught my eye from a distance.
Attractive native wildflower & valuable resource for native bees, or a particularly nasty weed?
What ever one considers them to be they were quite impressive up close.
However, if I never see one in my garden I’ll be a happy man.
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Behind cohutt's fence 
egads! I thought our little thistles were nasty.
I known what you mean. I’ve seen the big purplish thistles in pastures around here but my garden yard has only caught a few of the smaller types.
Sounds like the war of the Cirsium Horridulum is about to begin. Good luck.
Mawi
I was careful to leave all traces of them on the dunes in NE Florida thank you very much 🙂
We do battle with those type of “Dragons” (I Love that you called them that! You must be a poet or writer also) We have about 8 types of thistle that we do battle with. I am constantly bouncing back & forth in my mind about what to do about them because the bees do love them & I have bees. On the other hand, they run amuck SO easily if you let them go. Sigh!
PS Great photos!
As long as they stay in the dunes 430 miles away from my garden I’ll pursue a live and let live policy