Bear’s breeches are indigenous to North Africa and Mediterranean Europe. This habitat implies drought tolerance, which bear’s breeches possess to a considerable degree.

Spiny bear's breeches (Acanthus spinosus) is an interesting plant that adds great architecture and flower interest to central Ohio garden borders. It's a mounding, clump-forming perennial whose ...

I’m in a bit of a bear’s breeches dilemma. Several weeks ago, I bumped into the plant and had an overwhelming attraction to its tall, mauve and handsome pillars of flowers. If you’re a plant ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is bear's breeches, a tall perennial with spiny leaves and stout, mauve-and-white hooded spikes of flowers. Skip to Article. Set weather.

What: The large, glossy, bright green leaves of Acanthus spinosus, commonly known as bear’s breeches, add drama to any setting, but its smaller more compact habit make it easy to fit into almost ...

Bear's Breeches. 22 September 2010, 12:00am. 1 min read TWEET SHARE Its leaves have inspired the motif on the capitals of Corinthian pillars, and Greek mythology tells us that Apollo once loved the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Missouri Botanical Garden Q • Tell me about my bear’s breeches. Aren’t they supposed to get fairly large — 3 feet or ...

Since then, we have learned more about growing flowers and are ready to try bear’s breech again with expectations of exceptional success, because this is a truly remarkable plant. A member of the ...

Who doesn’t dream of a lush shade garden with leafy ferns, colorful hostas, shy hellebores and the bold flowers of bear’s breeches? I most certainly do. Specifically, I long for a shade garden full of ...

Bear's-breeches do best in a well-drained soil in partial shade. They attract butterflies and, once established, are deer- and drought-resistant.