in the foreground, ruthenian globe thistle, echinops bannaticus star frost, photographed at rhs wisley, surrey uk.

attract wildlife ball shaped flowers bannaticus beautiful bee friendly biodiversity blooming blue botanical closeup colorful countryside echinops taplow ecology english garden flora floral flower flowerhead gardening globe thistle globular green greenery hardy perennial head horticulture landscape natural nature plant prickly round ruthenian seed capsule sphere spherical spiny star frost summer surrey wild wisley