A beautiful bed of thistles in a show garden in Waterperry in Oxfordshire

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This is a close-up of a beautiful bed of thistles in a show garden in Waterperry in Oxfordshire. The national flower of Scotland, thistles are the common name of a group of flowering plants having leaves with sharp prickles, mostly in the family Asteraceae.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Waterperry, Oxfordashire
Photo credit: © Jon Bower / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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