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Echium simplex (like a white E. wildprettii)

>From: Peter K Worsley <worsley@silcom.com>
>Subject: Re: echium(pride of Madera)help
>Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:07:48 -0700
>
> I have Echium growing semi wild over my hillsides and it self seeds easily.
> Too much so because it pops up everywhere with nothing but natural rain
> fall. I think the birds help it travel. Also some seeds may have survived
> my compost heap and have come up where I have spread the decomposed
> material.
>
> Peter

Ok, now that we're back onto Echiums again, perhaps its time to ask:

Does anyone grow Echium simplex?  I saw a photo of this plant in
Heidi Gildemeister's Mediterranean Gardening, showing a very E.
wildprettii looking habit but with white flowers.  Anyone know of a
source for seed?

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