RE: Echiums

Like the E. candicans, although it does take some space, but does anyone know if the biennials, or even the annual, will reseed?  One of the websites mentions that they're easy to grow from seed.  If they would "naturalize" it would make them easier to maintain.

From: Joe Seals [mailto:gardenguru@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:18 AM
To: Joynson, Carol; pamela@nznf.co.uk; Medit-Plants
Subject: RE: Echiums

You're absolutely correct Joyce.
 
Echium wildpretii, the tower-of-jewels, is definitely a biennial or short-lived monocarpic perennial.
 
And Echium pinniana is described as a "short-lived" shrub.
 
I guess I was assuming the common Echium, E. candicans (formerly E. fastuosum).
 
Joe

"Joynson, Carol" <carol.joynson@medtronic.com> wrote:
Um, aren't some echiums biennial, not perennial?

From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Seals
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:55 AM
To: pamela@nznf.co.uk; Medit-Plants
Subject: Re: Echiums

Pamela:
 
I know that Echiums are relatively short-lived but two years is an exaggeration.  I've seen plants upwards of 20 years old.
 
They do get kind of scruffy, though, and maybe some gardeners remove them simply due to their unkempt look.
 
I wouldn't remove one until it either died outright or it looked beyond ugliness repair.
 
Joe

Pamela Steele <pamela@nznf.co.uk> wrote:
Is it  true that I will have to repalce my newly planted Echiums after 2 years?  I have been told today that the fizzle out after two years?? eeek I hope not!
 
Pamela
 
 
 


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