The Gardens on Spring Creek

 Welcome to Blooming Blurbs Part Three!  Check out what's currently blooming in The Gardens: Blue Globe Thistle ( Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue') T hese round blue blooms can be found in the Pollinator Garden of the Garden of Eatin.' Though they are quite nice to look at, they are much less nice to the touch, as both their flowers and leaves are spiky. Bees, however, don’t mind this at all and can commonly be seen going from bloom to bloom, collecting nectar and pollen. One advantage of this species is that it will bloom multiple times throughout the summer , usually starting in July and ending in early September. It is commonly mistaken with another blue, spiky, thimble-shaped flower called E ryngium ( s ea h olly) . Echinops are part of the Aster family (Asteraceae), while Eryngiums are a part of the Carrot Family ( Apiaceae ). Here at The Gardens, we have a couple of Eryngiums, including Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe,' located on the south side of t...