Spear thistle. Cirsium vulgare, Close view of single spiky flowering head with bud and leaves.

Rose, Rosa 'Burgundy and Ice' and Silver spear, Astelia chathamica, amongst Mexican feather grass, Stipa tenuissima. Part of The Stone Roses garden by Greenes of Sussex, Hampton Court Flower show 2011...

Silver Spear, Astelia chathamica and Wormwood, Anthemis absinthium, Silver leaved plants growing together.

Grassnut, Triteleia laxa, an umbel showing buds and open flowers.

Thistle, Cotton thistle, Onopordum acanthium.

Thistle, Onopordum acanthium. Scotch or Cotton thistle single flower stem with spiny leaves, base of flower and bracts.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.