Re: Echium simplex
- Subject: Re: Echium simplex
- From: L* C* N* T* <c*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:40:23 -0700
Great! Perfect for my steep stony LA hillside!
Thanks so much for bringing this plant to my attention-
Laura
(Annie and Sean-just be happy for all those plants that look so much
better for you in your milder climate!)
On Jul 14, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Sean A. O'Hara wrote:
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
