{"product_id":"cobweb-thistle-seeds-cirsium-occidentale","title":"Cobweb Thistle Seeds (Cirsium occidentale)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eDefiant and otherworldly. Crimson and silver. This western thistle is a plant of some certain magnificence. And, it most certainly is not a weed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eNamed for the gauzy, cobweb-like fibers that enclose the young pre-emergent flower heads, this fast-growing, deer-resistant biennial (sometimes short-lived perennial) bears wildly beautiful woolly-silver foliage and the most gloriously contrasting vibrant red flowers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eCobweb thistle is broadly adapted to western states (while technically native from northeast Oregon throughout most of California, and parts of Nevada). It’s a plant of coastal bluffs, chaparral slopes, and dry open habitats. It wants full sun and good drainage. Shade and saturated soils make it unhappy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eBehold the height and stature of cobweb thistle in a good growing conditions! Some individual plants find their joy at a modest 2- to 3-feet in height, while others may reach for the 8-foot mark! Flowers open beginning in late spring, and continue through summer, attracting hummingbirds and numerous species of butterflies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eLook to this plant for scores of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eyellow-faced bumble bees (\u003cem\u003eBombus vosnesenskii\u003c\/em\u003e), ultra-green sweat bees (\u003cem\u003eAgapostemon texanus\u003c\/em\u003e), the northern resin bee (\u003cem\u003eAnthidiellum notatum\u003c\/em\u003e), the western leafcutter (\u003cem\u003eMegachile perihirta\u003c\/em\u003e), the California mason bee (\u003cem\u003eOsmia californica\u003c\/em\u003e), the forest mason bee (\u003cem\u003eOsmia nemoris\u003c\/em\u003e), and the Texas mason bee (\u003cem\u003eOsmia texana\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eCobweb thistle is a caterpillar host plant to the painted lady butterfly (\u003cem\u003eVanessa cardui\u003c\/em\u003e), the American lady butterfly (\u003cem\u003eVanessa virginiensis\u003c\/em\u003e), the thistle plume moth (\u003cem\u003ePlatyptilia carduidactyla\u003c\/em\u003e), the California crescent butterfly (\u003cem\u003ePhyciodes orseis\u003c\/em\u003e), and the Mylitta Crescent butterfly (\u003cem\u003ePhyciodes mylitta\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe nutritious seeds of this plant are a favorite of finches. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003ePossibly the most showy and dramatic of North America’s native thistle species. An exceptional native garden specimen plant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eApproximately 12 to 20+ seeds (0.2 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50111679201526,"sku":null,"price":15.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/cobweb-thistle-seeds-cirsium-occidentale-1241366.jpg?v=1773680589","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/cobweb-thistle-seeds-cirsium-occidentale","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}