each one of these thistle flowers is the size of my palm. the plant itself was 1.5 meters high. enormous.  i had seen them on the side of the road on the way into our village. so while my hubby was running errands one day i asked him to stop and get me the flowers.  i had in mind a cute basket full of the snipped off flower heads. instead i got  two entire plants about the size of a fiat 500.

extra large thistle flowers

autignac, france