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Re: Echiums../Bay Area Nursery ...



>> it is Echium Pininana from the Canary Islands. It grows well here on
>> the South coast of Ireland. Mine have now reached 15 feet and are presently
>> covered in flowers.    <snip>
>
>I will now confirm that this would seem to be a proper ID for the
>Echium Ernie & I have been seeing around our area of California.  I
>had a chance to stop by The Dry Garden (a local nursery which
>features wonderful and strange plants), and there I saw a large
>specimen of E. pininana flowering in the middle of one of the
>plantings.  It must have been 12-15ft tall, dense with violet blue
>flowers - Wonderful!

Hi,
If anyone is interested Ecium Pininana is very easy to grow from seed. It will 
flower in its second year and produce literally thousands of seeds which self 
sow all over the place and can become a menace. However the seedlings are very 
distinctive having fairly large hairy and spotted leaves so you should have no 
trouble eradicating them or passing on to friends!  One company on the Internet 
that stocks them is B& T World Seeds who seem to stock seeds from nearly every 
species on the planet! However they also list by regions so you can find them 
under Canary Island plants. Their web page is at

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/B_and_T_World_Seeds/

Despite living far from the Mediterranean I find the Medit-Plants group very 
interesting. My climate on the South coast of Ireland is very mild with the 
Winter temperature never dropping below -5c (23f) so a wide range of plants from 
various regions can be grown. My own garden is small but I have crammed a lot 
into it. Some of the plants that I am growing include Cordylines, Phormiums, 
Phoenix Canariensis, Trachycarpus, Chaemerops Humilis, Musa Basjoo, Agaves, 
Bamboos, Echiums, Fatsia, along with Rhododendrums, Californian Lilacs, New 
Zealand Tea Plants, Acacia, Calestimon, Tree Fern, Cannas,  etc. To add to this 
cultural mix I have the more regular garden plants found here such as roses, 
lupins, primula etc. They all blend in nicely to give me an exotic (for Ireland) 
looking garden which along with my fountain is a perfect haven on these warm 
Summer evenings.
Best wishes,
Richard Bradfield, Kinsale, Ireland.



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