Comments on: Thistles http://www.friday.com/bbum/2005/07/09/thistles/ ...so google can organize my head. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John C. Randolph http://www.friday.com/bbum/2005/07/09/thistles/comment-page-1/#comment-31 John C. Randolph Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:36:42 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=478#comment-31 IIRC, that purple thistle is another import. It's the same one you see in a lot of Scottish heraldry. The folks in Scotts Valley were a bit nostalgic, it seems. They also brought in Scotch Broom, which is all over the SC mountains now. -jcr IIRC, that purple thistle is another import. It’s the same one you see in a lot of Scottish heraldry.

The folks in Scotts Valley were a bit nostalgic, it seems. They also brought in Scotch Broom, which is all over the SC mountains now.

-jcr

]]> By: Dan Wood http://www.friday.com/bbum/2005/07/09/thistles/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Dan Wood Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:47:44 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=478#comment-29 Ooooh, Star Thistles ... I grew up in the foothills of Northern California where the Star Thistles had invaded big-time. Definitely not fun to be around on a daily basis!. Great photos, though, I must say! Ooooh, Star Thistles … I grew up in the foothills of Northern California where the Star Thistles had invaded big-time. Definitely not fun to be around on a daily basis!.

Great photos, though, I must say!

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