Re: Echium simplex

Hey Annie -

Thanks for the feedback - this was the impression I was getting about this guy
- all the photos I've seen in which I've been able to identify a locale seem
to be hotter and drier (at all times) than our local area.  It would seem to
do better in San Diego or LA than here, especially if give a dry, well drained
site.  Photos of its homeland show very steep, stony hillsides!!

Seán O.

Seán A. O'Hara
sean(at)gimcw.org
www.hortulusaptus.com

> Hi Sean & all, We've now seen it bloom here at the nursery but never attain
> a large size. It definitely does not like our cooler , wet Winters. Theres
> someone on Ebay living in Southern California , that sells the seed showing
> a group of E. simplex to a large size and in full bloom . So I assume it
> does great down south .
>
> Annie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean@gimcw.org>
> To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:01 AM
> Subject: Echium simplex
>
>
>> Years ago, I suggested to a local plant grower (Annies Annuals) that they
>> try
>> growing Echium simplex (Boraginaceae) which I had seem photos of in author
>> Heidi Gildemeister's garden on Mallorca:
>> http://mediterraneangardensociety.org/i/journal/52-future/2.jpg
>> As we grow various Echiums quite successfully here in the San Francisco
>> Bay
>> Area, it seemed that it would be relatively easy in our gardens.  The
>> plant
>> does grow easily, but Annie complains that it never flowers!  I've grow
>> this
>> plant myself, and planted it in some of the my landscape projects and
>> noted
>> the same.
>>
>> I have read that this species comes from the Macizo de Anaga region on
>> Tenerife, Canary Islands.  I've been trying to figure out what conditions
>> it
>> might be looking for in order to bring it into flower, but so far have
>> found
>> nothing to suggest an answer.  Since our local mediterranean climate is
>> relatively mild and uniform in temperature, I wonder if this plant
>> requires
>> more heat (anyone in Southern California have better luck with this
>> Echium?)?
>>
>> I would be grateful for any direct observations of this species and it
>> flowering.
>> Thanks,
>> Seán O.
>>
>> Seán A. O'Hara
>> sean(at)gimcw.org
>> www.hortulusaptus.com
>>
>>
>
>
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