Globe plant?
Whilst on holiday in Scotland this year I saw a beautiful purple plant which I believe was called a Globe Thistle? it was very hard (almost like card) and spiky. I have tried looking it up but the ones I have seen are called Echinops, and although they too are lovely they seem softer and fluffier. Anyone know what it was please? T I A
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@Ladybird4, no, I certainly didn't see that one, how lovely Thistles are, I never gave them a thought before my trip, now, I am quite am admirer!
Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her
She knows she's the chocolate girl
Cause she's broken up and swallowed
And wrapped in bits of silver
Might you have seen Eryngium?
Common names can lead to confusion.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&biw=1920&bih=938&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=x3e_W-jtHIr6kwXPxJigBg&q=eryngium&oq=eryngium&gs_l=img.1.1.0i67k1l2j0l8.15391.20048.0.21760.15.11.0.1.1.0.86.803.10.10.0....0...1c.1.64.img..6.9.648....0.Efaqy6ZGVdA
Or Cynara scolymus?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Cynara+scolymus&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyrvn65f7dAhVLzqQKHb9aAFIQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=944
Did you get a a pic Meomye, or can you tell us if it was in the wild, or in a garden etc?