Even if you have a small outdoor space, it doesn't mean that your plants need to make a small impact. Pick these tall options to make use of vertical space.

Our Mystery Plant (Tall thistle, Cirsium altissimum) is a thistle, and I was able to enter a patch of this stuff on a recent field trip in the upstate of South Carolina.Spiny stuff! It is, in fact ...

Tall thistle is generally no taller than musk thistle -- 5 to 7 feet tall. But it is more of a bushy plant. Tall thistle is often found in drainage ditches and wetland areas and not in pastures.

When it comes to creating a garden that truly makes a statement, tall perennials are your best allies. These towering plants ...

Our Mystery Plant (Tall thistle, Cirsium altissimum) is a thistle, and I was able to enter a patch of this stuff on a recent field trip in the upstate of South Carolina. Spiny stuff!

Pensioner lets monster thistle grow to 12ft tall and sprout 100 flower heads. Retired John Lowde, 86, has grown a 12ft thistle in his front garden; He believes it could set a new world record; ...

A single musk thistle can produce around 20,000 seeds that can remain viable for 10 years. It can be easily confused with the native tall thistle, which starts blooming a little later.

[Answer: "Tall thistle," Cirsium altissimum] Photo by John Nelson “Asters, Groundsels, and especially Thistles, afford most familiar examples of a hairy or downy pappus; those of thistles, &c ...

Canada thistle, a terrestrial herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae family, is an open-land invasive that prefers disturbed upland areas as well as wet areas with water fluctuations. Canada thistle ...

The flowers are insect pollinated, and various thistle species are widely known as important food sources for butterflies, as well as bees.