Thistle While You Work In Your Garden

Thistles are an iconic Scottish symbol and great butterfly attractor. There is a also an American cousin that grows from Maine to Florida in meadows, fields, and pastures. I love to see them growing by the highway and don't think of these purple spiny flowers as weeds, although I'm sure many farmers do. Hawthorn Hill has more information on this beautiful Florida native.

On this beautiful May Day, Bluebells growing wild in Scotland. Campunala rotundifolia are also native to the United States.

How to grow Virginia bluebells.