Cirsium rivulare 'Trevor's Blue Wonder', Giant Thistle early bloomer This elegant new Magnolia was

This elegant new Magnolia was introduced by the Oregon nursery Heritage Seedlings from a cross between Magnolia foveolata x laevifolia

It's plenty happy in clay soil or shallow

Forms rhizomatous clumps rather than spreading rampantly like the common

It's a favorite

Clusters of reddish flowers from mid-summer until early autumn on tall

Cirsium rivulare 'Trevor's Blue Wonder', Giant Thistle early bloomer This elegant new Magnolia wasHonestly, the flowers are not blue at all, but they ARE still lovely. This ornamental, non spiny, thistle will grace your borders in mid spring through early summer with nectar rich, deep, fuchsia red bloom puffs on tall upright stems. Large, deeply lobed, grey green leaves arch upward to form a mounding basal rosette. Mature size: 3 4 ft T x 1 2 ft W Minimum temperature: 20