How to tend a Cirsium vulgare

Also known as: Lophiolepis dubia Cass., Cirsium sylvaticum DC., Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop., Cirsium gracile Rostr. ex Nyman, Cnicus leucophanus Baumg. ex Schur, Epitrachys nemoralis K.Koch, Cirsium britannicum Scop., Cnicus strigosus Hoffmanns. & Link, Cirsium auriculatum E.G.Camus ex Belèze, Cirsium judicariense Porta ex Petr., Cirsium abyssinicum Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich., Cirsium fraternum DC., Carduus chinensis DC., Cirsium mielichhoferi Saut., Cirsium tempskyanum Rigo ex Huter, Cirsium longespinosum Tod. ex Nyman, Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Petr., Cirsium firmum (C.Presl) Arcang., Cirsium tauscheri Simonk. ex Petr., Eriolepis lanceolata (L.) Cass., Carduus lanceolatus L., Cirsium rosani Ten., Cirsium gerhardtii Sch.Bip., Cirsium lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum , Cnicus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus , Carduus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus , Cirsium vulgare f. vulgare , Carduus divaricatus Gllib., Chamaepeuce firma DC., Carduus vulgaris Savi, Cirsium spurium Delastre, Cirsium vulgare subsp. silvaticum (Tausch) Dostál, Cynara lanceata Stokes, Cirsium lanceolatum subsp. sylvaticum (Tausch) Arènes, Ascalea lanceolata (L.) Hill, Cirsium balearicum Willk., Cirsium linkii Nyman, Cirsium vulgare var. nemorale (Rchb.) Tzvelev, Cirsium lanceolatum var. abyssinicum (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Chiov., Cirsium lanceolatum var. rhiphaeum Pau & Font Quer, Cirsium pseudolanceolatum Schur, Cirsium lanceolatum var. hypoleucum DC., Cnicus lanceolatus var. abyssinicus (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Vatke, Cirsium vulgare f. erdneri Soó, Cirsium godronii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman, Cirsium strigosum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Cout., Ascalea lanceata Hill, Cirsium microcephalum Lange, Cirsium drijeri Rchb.f., Carduus firmus Steud., Cirsium lanceolatum var. vulgare Nägeli ex K.Koch, Cirsium lanceolatum var. nemorale Nägeli ex K.Koch

Watering

Water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water

Sunlight

Like sunshine, resistant to half shade

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Apply enough base fertilizers

Pruning

No need pruning

About this plant

Origin
Asia
Category
Compositae, Cirsium
Size
Diameter ≥ 20 cm, height 20-30 cm
Blooming period
Flowering and fruiting period April-November
Flower colors
red, purple, pink purple
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