Considered as a pernicious weed by gardeners and farmers alike, creeping thistle can look glorious when it has spread by its underground rhizomes.
The individual flowers are beautiful too
and the seeds are a favourite of goldfinches.
Even when not in flower the leaves distinguish it from
our other common thistle, the aptly named Spear Thistle.
Creeping Spear
Spear Thistle or Scottish Thistle tends not to form large groups
because it spreads by seed alone and not by creeping rhizomes.
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