Re: Echium wildpretii
Susan,
I am a little confused as a garden owner who opens her garden so the public can
see it - What exactly are "Australian Open Garden Scheme" type gardens? In
Tasmania the gardens vary from tiny cottage to large ornamental to quite a few
native gardens.
I, unfortunately, do not grow the echium in either gardens I open under the
Scheme. I think the soil is too acid to be successful with them. The massed
planting must look magnificent
Susan George wrote:
> Quite agree - although they are almost becoming common in "Australian Open
> Garden Scheme" type gardens - but they are still magnificent - only problem
> is that people still tend to plant them as single specimens - a few years
> ago the Geelong Botanic Gardens mass planted their display beds at the
> garden entrance with them - perhaps 50-60 - the impact was powerful to say
> the least. If anyone is interested in echium species and in the area these
> Botanic Gardens have a bit of a collection going - anyway it is a nice
> garden to visit.
>
> Susan George
> McCrae, Australia
>
> >From: Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
> >Reply-To: Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu
> >To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> >Subject: Echium wildpretii
> >Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:53:28 -0800
> >
> >I think i have become another fan of this plant. One of our neighbors a
> >few houses down has one right now, and its inflorescence is about 10
> >feet high! The thing is so heavy they proped it up with boards. It
> >pretty much lives up to its common name of "tower of jewels".
> >
> >
> >
>
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