Re: Fasciation on Echium fastuosum

Anne hi

My Echium also does this fasciation regularly. It is not usually semi
transparent, but is interesting nonetheless. I must say though - having no
flower arrangers nearby I tend to cut these branches off!!  Just goes to
show 'one man's meat, is another poison'
I do love the plant though. It only flowers for about three weeks here, but
since it is not in an especially prominent postion, it does not affect the
overall look of the garden.


regards Janet b
----- Original Message -----
From: Anne Williams <annew@pacbell.net>
To: <Coopuntia@aol.com>
Cc: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:18 PM
Subject: Fasciation on Echium fastuosum


> Dear C. Carter,
>
> The fasciation on my Echium is a semi-transparent membrane about 1/4-in.
> thick in a "V" shape, the narrow end of the "V" at the base of the shrub
> with the membrane stretched between two branches for about 3-ft., the
> top of the "V" being nearly 2-ft. across.  When I first noticed it, I
> saw what appeared to be very tiny seedling-like growths coming in
> various spots across the membrane, and more growth marching across the
> top, the widest part of the "V".  Now, about 3 months later, the
> membrane is fairly well covered with tufts of growth, the entire top is
> covered, and none of it has bloomed, though all the rest of the plant
> flowered.
>
> Joe Brosius told me it would do no harm, I could leave it alone or cut
> it out.  I found when I went out to look at it this morning that I could
> not photograph it properly until the plant had been cut back sharply.  I
> shall do that this week and would be happy to share the picture with
> anyone interested.
>
> I'd never seen anything similar in my 50-plus years of gsrdening, and
> was tremendously impressed that Joe knew exactly what it was and what I
> could do with it!  Just an abberation of nature, I suppose.  Gardeners
> never quit learning.
>
> Anne Williams
>
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