By Charnwood
Dublin,
Ireland 
Hi all, I planted this last year and I don't know what it is would anyone be able to help, thanks.
17 Jul, 2018
Answers
could it be one of the acanthus species if not Cynara?
18 Jul, 2018
I thought it was an Echinops, the globe thistle. Beautiful blue and loved by bees. They do seed about or the birds might have brought it.
18 Jul, 2018
Cynara cardunculus, globe artichoke?
18 Jul, 2018