Beginner Gardening: Echinops question, 0 by hczone6

hczone6 wrote:
How many of you grow Globe Thistle and how long-lived is it? I planted 3...they made it through the winter and grew fine last year. Now this year, only 1 has come back and the others are totally dead. It almost looks like a very short-lived plant, judging by the old growth that dies off...it just doesn't look like most other perennials I've seen. You'd think it would grow great, since it mainly looks like a weed until it blooms!