{"product_id":"echinops-ritro-metallic-blue","title":"Echinops ritro Metallic Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor sheer architectural drama, few plants rival the Globe Thistle. \u003cem\u003eEchinops ritro Metallic Blue\u003c\/em\u003e produces perfectly spherical, golf-ball-sized flower heads in an intense, electric steel-blue — silver in bud, deepening to metallic blue as they open — on sturdy, upright stems with deeply cut, silver-green foliage that provides visual interest from early spring to the winter frosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltra-hardy (H7), drought-tolerant, thriving in poor soil, and outstanding for cutting fresh and drying. A magnet for bees and butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEchinops ritro 'Metallic Blue' — Hardy Perennial (H7)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 90–120cm | Flowers: July–September\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSow indoors February–April; surface sow lightly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull sun; poor, well-drained soil — do not over-feed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutstanding for cutting fresh and drying\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutstanding bee and butterfly plant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it with Eryngium Sea Holly and Agastache Liquorice Blue for a late-summer border of metallic blue, steel-blue, and violet that hums with bees from July to September.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55647639961985,"sku":"ECH-MET","price":2.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/8865\/5489\/files\/Gemini_Generated_Image_7xzo4r7xzo4r7xzo.png?v=1778266866","url":"https:\/\/countrygardens.co.uk\/products\/echinops-ritro-metallic-blue","provider":"English Country Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}