Thistle do

A small set of different types of Thistle.

1 : Echinops ritro Veitchs Blue or Globe Thistle



2 : Musk Thistle ? Not sure 100% whether this is musk



3 : ?



4 : ?



Can anybody identify Images 3&4?

cool piccys ......I know nothing

wow! very nice

Thanks Cakey & Dave

Nice set. Sorry, can't help you with names. I know about 3 plants and weeds lol

Cheers Dave....
I will keep trawling the net to see if i can eventually identify the other 2

Interesting set you have there, number 3 i have in my garden it is actually a vegetable, it's called cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), also called the artichoke thistle, I planted it several years ago and every year it has come up and each year it gets bigger, but i still have no idea how or what part of the plant i am supposed to cook, but it looks pretty impressive

Thanks Kay, i did come across a website naming all the thistles and thistle like plants the other week but did not save the website and cannot find it again now . The Artichoke thistle rings a bell though, photos on this site shown somebody preparing the spiky part of the plant to cook with, just type `thistles in cooking` in the search engine to see what you come up with . Might be able to make some use out of what you are growing

Sorry I'm not a plant person, but I do know I like shots 1 & 3.

Me either really Ken, know some of the more common plants and flowers and now learning about others through taking photos of them, where before i would just walk past them without giving them another thought.