Re: Echium serbicum?

Title: Re: Echium serbicum?
Annie,

I grow an Echium which I first got from Judy's Perennials in North San Diego Co. called Echium handiensis which looks like yours. In bloom now with those loose vivid blue flower spikes. It makes a perfect 2 ft. dome in good sun, but becomes straggly in shade.  It re-seeds modestly in the garden, so one has a few volunteers to replant after the mother plant becomes leggy (about 3 years). This name may not be correct, but that is what it was sold as.

No matter how I've tried I can't seem to collect seed from the bloomed out spike. I'm going to try again this year Tim!

All best wished to everyone for a happy peaceful New Year!

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Jan Smithen,
Upland, California

Sunset zone : 19
USDA zone   : 10
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On 1/3/03 7:42 PM, annieh@sonic.net wrote

We grew a beautiful Echium last year from seed we received as  Echium serbicum.   It  grew about 30" tall, was base branching ,with about 15" spikes of  lovely gentian blue flowers somewhat loosely held.  I cannot find it listed on the internet anywhere except for an old North Amercan Rock Garden Society seed list.  I did find two images of Echium auberianum   ( heres one http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://private.addcom.de/himstedt/kanaren/retamar.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dechium%2Bauberianum%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN <http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=de&amp;u=http://private.addcom.de/himstedt/kanaren/retamar.htm&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dechium%2Bauberianum%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN>   )  which seems to have the right form, but not (in these photos) the deeper color.  Has anyone ever heard of E. serbicum?      Thanks in advance !        Happy New Year !
                                                           Annie Hayes  
                                                         Richmond,California   Zone 9-10a


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