Acanthus spinosus
A dramatic foliage plant, Acanthus spinosus - Acanthus - flowers is impressive, too. Deeply incised leaves, sculptural forms thistlelike a hill in full sun or partial shade. Fats, vertical spikes of white flowers, which are thorny bracts are reddish purple hoods and caps valuable to cut.
Findings of Acanthus, a genus of about 30 Old World species of perennials and shrubs, ancient Greece, which used beautiful lobed leaves as a model for the Corinthian columns. The plants are impressive, especially evergreen hills, the tops of large hooded flowers produced in early summer high. They grow in full sun or partial shade (necessary in the south) and a moist but well drained soil. Resistance is a controversial issue. We decided, as usual, be conservative, but experimentation with the theatrical group can get amazing rewards.