Echiums

One of my projects for next year @joolz68

 

I will send you seed loli,i should a lot from this x

 

Ive just planted another 4 i grew from seed last yr im hoping for 2 yrs of nice weather for the same outcome x

 

@Lolimac @longk I can bring some with me to @shineys if you want one?

 

That's kind, but I'm otherwise engaged. Thanks though!

 

That would be great thank you Mowgley

 

I'm annoyed as I had several in pots, planning to plant out this Spring (and assumed that they were too small to flower), because I read in the Daily Express that it was going to be "The Worst Winter for 100 Years" ... and those ones are now flowering.

I have planted them, but surely they are going to be pathetic (recently out of 2L pots) compared to ground-grown ones?

:(

 

The rate of growth mine put on since 18th april was great so it could happen to yours,mine was budding up as it was getting taller so no idea if already flowering will make a differance to growth
Heres mine on 18th april,looking at my previous photo it prob grew 3ft not 2!

 

Here's hoping but I reckon they don't have anything like enough root to put on a decent monster-spike display ...

 

Oh well this is my effort, yours looks like a good un @joolz68 , think mine is possibly a hybrid, something like pink fountain. But as usual its sideways, windows 8 can go take a running jump as far as I''m concerned
A close up of the flowers,

 

Thats Huge!! @pete
Mine is supposed to a white snowtower but it getting pink flowers

 

Two months on and the one that was outdoors (E.candicans) in the main bed all winter is starting to romp away. March..........


May.......................

 

Here's mine, recently planted out. To give you an idea of the patheticness of the scale that's a Cardoon in the background, and a Bamboo (P. nigra I expect) leaning over:

 

I like the look of the E. russicum, will have to try and get hold of some seed this year. I have grown E. pininana and once you have one, you will probably always have them as they self seed prolifically. Only downside is that they always seem to pop up in the wrong place. They never seem quite so vigorous when they have been moved, best left to grow where they are if possible.

 

I have grown the Echium fatuosum for several years. Here is one overlooking the area I live in. It gets deadheaded every year, and that's about it. It reseeds only on bare ground.