The thistle was named the Scottish national flower by Alexander the III. In centuries since, it’s appeared on coins and the Royal Arms of Scotland. Scotland’s Order of Chivalry is known as ...

unlike the leaves and unlike bull thistle and European marsh thistle pink, white, or lavender-colored flowers with flat bracts and pointed tips that bloom in June seed are fluffy, white tufts of hair ...

One of the weeds nearly everyone recognizes is the thistle. There are numerous thistles ... Since many of you will be planting flowers soon, there are three plants that can be hazards since ...

Current management practices: annually hand pull or dig around rosettes if thistle has bloomed, clip off flowers, buds, and fruiting bodies to prevent seed production mow population before flower buds ...