Echinops
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This flower’s Latin name is Echinpos ritro Veitch’s Blue. I’m very interested in the Veitch family. They were a family of 5 generations of horticulturists and were the first nursery to send out their own plant hunters in the 1840s. Many new plants were introduced to science but also to ordinary gardeners. / They had a large nursery in Exeter UK and my home is built in the grounds. There was also a large and grand nursery in Chelsea, London and from here Sir Harry Veitch helped set up the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. / /
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rosegary has a variety of plants. this is called echinops and is related to the thistle. thanks for looking.
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Globe Thistle is highly ornamental with silvery foliage and deeply divided green basal leaves. When dried it is good for winter bouquets and dry flower decorations. Original has been sold to a private collector.
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Bumble on Echinops(Globe thistle)
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A picture of an echinop – full colour.
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Reproduction of Echinops Ruthenicus in Benjamin Maund’s Botanic Garden published in London in 1843. / This is one of four plants shown on the illustration page. Each plant image in the original is only 2.4×3.1 inches and requires a magnifying glass to see the quality of the detail. The black ink was applied to the paper from a copper engraving: the colour was done by skilled artists who used water-colour paints to paint each image individually in each copy of the book. This made each image a unique creation. / Introduced to London in 1816 from Russia. / Maund wrote: / “The name Echinops, is deduced from the greek ECHINOS, a hedgehog; and OPSIS, resemblance. The likeness of the round prickly heads of the plant, to the animal. is evident enough to the sense, either of seeing or feeling, particularly the latter, when some of the species are meddled with…It’s foliage too – green above and white beneath, although somewhat thistly, produces a pleasing effect… / The Echinops is a compound flower; that is, it has numerous little florets, on a common receptacle, and enclosed within a calyx which belongs equally to the whole.” / In the original, the blue globe is only 1.25 inches across
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Detail of Reproduction of Echinops Ruthenicus in Benjamin Maund’s Botanic Garden published in London in 1843. / This is one of four plants shown on the illustration page. Each plant image in the original is only 2.4×3.1 inches and requires a magnifying glass to see the quality of the detail. The black ink was applied to the paper from a copper engraving: the colour was done by skilled artists who used water-colour paints to paint each image individually in each copy of the book. This made each image a unique creation. / Introduced to London in 1816 from Russia. / Maund wrote: / “The name Echinops, is deduced from the Greek ECHINOS, a hedgehog; and OPSIS, resemblance. The likeness of the round prickly heads of the plant, to the animal. is evident enough to the sense, either of seeing or feeling, particularly the latter, when some of the species are meddled with…It’s foliage too – green above and white beneath, although somewhat thistly, produces a pleasing effect… / The Echinops is a compound flower; that is, it has numerous little florets, on a common receptacle, and enclosed within a calyx which belongs equally to the whole.” / In the original, the blue globe is only 1.25 inches across / See also the complete plant image.
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An Echinops flower taken close up and the original colour replaced by tones to create an abstract image.
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Another close up of the Echinops flower, this time colours adjusted to give a funky eye popping effect and a slight zoom blur added to make this really stand out.
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Abstract flower
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Wonderful blue echinops flower
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A range of flowers tand animals that were in the garden or in my house.
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