{"id":37227,"date":"2024-01-29T23:44:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T07:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/?post_type=product&#038;p=37227"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:52:16","slug":"blue-sow-thistle-hairless","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/blue-sow-thistle-hairless\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sow-thistle, Hairless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cicerbita plumieri (Lactuca plumieri\/ Mulgedium\u00a0plumieri\/ Sonchus plumieri) <\/em>| Hairless Blue Sow-thistle<\/p>\n<p>Hairless Blue Sow-thistle, also known as Plumier&#8217;s Bittercress, is a rare, ornamental, herbaceous perennial with a basal green leaf rosette which resembles a <a href=\"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/dandelion-common\/\">Dandelion<\/a> with tall branching stalks topped by beautiful sky-blue flowers that are similar in color and appearance to <a href=\"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/chicory\/\">Chicory<\/a>. Its Latin name C<em>icerbita<\/em>, comes from the Italian word meaning &#8216;chicory-like&#8217;. It&#8217;s native to meadows and open clearings in forests and mountains of Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Andorra, France, Macedonia, and Bulgaria. Grows great in wood margins, streamsides, and ravines, and makes an excellent solitary plant for the rock garden.<\/p>\n<p>The beautiful sky-blue flowers are held on a loose, branching flowerhead from June until August on strong, branching stems that shoot out of shiny, lettuce-like leaves. The fruit (seeds) are a pappus, which is a parachute-like structure which consists of a seed carried by white feathery hairs (same as a Dandelion seed). Will self-sow in temperate gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Attracts many pollinators.<\/p>\n<p>Sow immediately at any time preferably onto a soil-based compost, covering with fine grit to approximately their own depth. Any seeds that do not come up the year they are sown, will need additional winter chilling and only come up with natural spring germination. Can take 2-5 years to reach full height.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Type: Perennial<\/p>\n<p>Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade<\/p>\n<p>Mature height: 3-4 ft<\/p>\n<p>Mature width: 18 inches<\/p>\n<p>Hardiness zones: 5-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>20 seeds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37231,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2602,4599,4669,2600],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-37227","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all-seeds","product_cat-flowers","product_cat-new-returning","product_cat-perennial-flower-seeds","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-before_image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/37227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=37227"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=37227"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=37227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}