Is Small Globe Thistle deer resistant?
Echinops ritro
Plant typePerennialHardinessZones 3–8LightFull sunMature height36–48 inBloomSummer
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
About Small Globe Thistle
Steel blue spheres on grey stems, and bees prefer it to almost anything else in a July border. Dries perfectly for winter arrangements.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 18 to 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Small Globe Thistle
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
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- Basket of GoldAurinia saxatilisZones 3–7Rarely damaged
- Bearded IrisIris germanicaZones 3–9Rarely damaged
- Bigleaf GoldenrayLigularia dentataZones 4–8Rarely damaged
- Bleeding HeartLamprocapnos spectabilisZones 3–9Rarely damaged
- Butter and EggsLinaria vulgarisZones 3–9Rarely damaged
Where Small Globe Thistle grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
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Common questions about Small Globe Thistle
- Is Small Globe Thistle deer resistant?
- Small Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro) is rated Rarely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Deer almost always leave this alone.
- What hardiness zones does Small Globe Thistle grow in?
- Small Globe Thistle is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 8. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Small Globe Thistle grow in shade?
- No. Small Globe Thistle wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Small Globe Thistle get?
- Mature height is roughly 36–48 in. Growth rate is moderate.