Serratula Atriplicifolia

Serratula Atriplicifolia - To gardeners the plants of this genus were previously without interest, but in this new plant from C. China we seem to have a hardy perennial of some value. It is a bold plant, standing rigidly erect to a height of 5 or 6 feet, with large heart-shaped leaves and purple Thistle-like flower heads, wrapped in overlapping bracts. They expand in early autumn, but are formed long before they open, and a pretty feature of the buds is a fine network of silky-white threads.

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