A blue and white shield with a thistle, the Scottish emblem, is the team's badge.
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Big Blue has iridescent blue flowers that sit atop 30-inch, blue stems and silvery thistle-like foliage.
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In the garden, he pointed to a thistle that, in the summer, has a spiky blue flower.
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This was a significant departure from the traditional colours of blue and white, although purple is inspired from the thistle flower.
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They attract bees and butterflies and are at home alongside monarda and globe thistle, while some varieties can be combined well with fuchsias and blue salvias.
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They also look lovely rising from a hazy spread of sky-blue nigella, jostling the rich, violet flowers of Geranium magnificum, or interplanted with silybum, a plant like a variegated thistle.