ruthenian globe thistle, also known as echinops bannaticus, growing amongst grasses, photographed at chateau de villandry i

also amongst attract bannaticus beautiful bee biodiversity blue botanical capsule chateau closeup colorful countryside echinops flora floral flower flowers france friendly garden globe grass grasses green greenery growing head heat heatwave hot known loire natural nature photographed plant ruthenian seed summer sunny sunshine thistle valley villandry wild wildlife