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Cirsium japonicum 'White Frosted' |
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One of several cultivars of this thistle, which occurs as a wildflower in Japan. As thistles go, this one is reportedly mild in its prickliness. The basal leaves are white-variegated, topped in fall by purple-pink flowers.
Just in case it perished before maturing, I snapped a photo of the seedlings, shortly after planting them in our nursery holding area (above right). The first-year plants developed slowly at first, looking a bit bedraggled in mid-summer. But then suddenly in mid-September, I noticed they had matured considerably: their roundish juvenile leaves had made place for more jagged thistly leaves, attractively variegated (above left). I'm looking forward to seeing how they'll do in years to follow.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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- Seed from HPS/MAG '09/'10 exchange. Baggy 70F (70%G, 4-12d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (8%G, 11d - seedling did not develop)
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