Echiums

I was cooking tea so i asked darran if he would take me some decent pics of mine now its flowering,im not very good with my new Nikon D90 yet ..here goes, i glance out the back door and he is on a ladder..not seen his pics yet

And my quick photo ..

 

Joolz - that's superb. E. pininana has to be one of the most spectacular plants ever (when in flower - rubbish otherwise ).

 

Its a fabulous plant pete,i was'nt expecting a flower display that lovely
How long does the flowering period last?? @PeterS

 

I can't remember Joolz - a reasonable while. But even as the flowers fade the spike remains for some time longer, whilst millions of seeds are produced.

 

Save them ALL for the seed parcel next year

 

Thanks ...pity i cant get a quid a piece for them

 

I will sure be putting a lot in seed swap Mowgley and if anyone wants any let me know x
I got some russicum seeds from the swap and theyve germinated, when i prick them out should i pot on a few to a pot or just 1 seedling???
Im wondering if its 1 flower spike per seedling??

 

@JWK @Kristen @Lolimac I'm am lead to believe the echiums I gave you at shineys are not in fact echium pininana they I think they are echium vulgare 'vipers bugloss'
Looks like they label the packet wrong
I hate it when that happens sorry guys and gals!

 

@mowgley ....I WANT ME MONEY BACK.... onny joking

No worries Mowgley,it's a great plant..thank you

 

I thought that [it was wrongly ID'd] when I got it home, the leaves didn't look right, and it shouldn't be flowering "immediately after sowing", but I completely forgot to mention it. Then it opened nice blue flowers and I planted it in my Blue Border (might grow more next year - especially as I now know what it actually is!!) ... and I still forgot to mention it!! Senile old git that I am ...

 

Kristen, dont worry you are not senile.

 

I'm glad that you are qualified to tell me !!

 

Advice needed please...its seems my echium is tilting and uprooting ive propped a fork against the stem in hope that will help with supporting it until it sets seed
Is it a goner? or would staking help? thanks x

 

Its not good I'm afraid. Once they move, and their roots break, they tend to wilt and go downhill from there :(

Prop & Strap it up is all you can do ... water the roots too perhaps, to try to counteract their impaired state