In message , Christina Websell
writes

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
...

If we are talking thistles, what is mine? It's 8 feet high, multistemmed,
normal purple flowers just coming out. It's so big and wide I might have to
cut it back so I can get down the garden.
My friend thinks it should be in the Guinness Book of Records.

Tina

If it's normal purple flowers then I'd guess it's the normal spear
thistle (Cirsium vulgare). But other big, purple-flowered thistle-like
plants include cardoon, globe artichoke and cotton thistle.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley