thistle seed plant Milk Thistle | Herb seeds and plants available to buy

thistle seed plant Milk Thistle | Herb seeds and plants available to buyDescription Silybum marianum, Milk Thistle Hardy biennial, Ht. up to 1m, spread 45cm. Purple thistle like flower heads with spiny bracts. Large, spiny dark green leaves with prominent white veins. Want to know more? For hardiness, soil types, planting location and growing advice, please see our Jekkapedia entry. For information on growing herbs from seeds please see Jekka's video on how to sow seeds, Jekka's blog or our FAQs page. Available as Milk

Description

Silybum marianum, Milk Thistle

Hardy biennial, Ht. up to 1m, spread 45cm. Purple thistle like flower-heads with spiny bracts. Large, spiny dark green leaves with prominent white veins.

Want to know more? For hardiness, soil types, planting location and growing advice, please see our Jekkapedia entry.

For information on growing herbs from seeds please see Jekka's video on how to sow seeds, Jekka's blog or our FAQs page.

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Milk Thistle herb seeds are available: A packet of seeds costs £3.50. There are approximately 35 herb seeds per packet (all of our herb seeds are untreated and can be used to grow organic herb plants).

Milk Thistle herb plants are available: A 2 Litre herb plant costs £10.50.

For herb plants, please see our Looking Good List for availability. You can organise a Farm Collection, collect at one of our Open Days or during a Herb Experience. Please use our online webform or email your list directly to us ([email protected]). We no longer offer a general mail order service for our herb plants but we do offer a limited selection of Jekka's Culinary Herb Boxes.