You can probably buy Scottish thistle seeds over the internet from a supplier of native plants or wild flowers but I wouldn't advise it. Thistles are perrenial wild plants and can quickly spread and become a pest. They have extensive mats of root and produce thousands of seeds. If you do decide to grow one, grow it in a large plant pot, in a cool green house and remove the flowers before they produce seeds.
Partick Thistle is a Scottish football team
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the Scottish thistle is one of our emblems and an other is a kilt
its spikeyness stops predators from eating it
The Scottish League cup in the year 1972 was won by Partick Thistle.
Legend says that a Norse army was invading a Scottish camp during the night. One of the Norse soliders stood on a thistle, cried out in pain and alerted the Scottish army to their presence.
Partick Thistle plays professional association football (soccer). The football club is a member of the Scottish Premier League.
Legend has it that a barefooted invading army were approaching a group of sleeping Scottish Clansmen when one of them trod on a thistle and let out a cry, waking up the Scots who then defeated the invaders.