Re: Echinops
- Subject: Re: Echinops
- From: L*
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:24:53 +0100
> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:24:11 +0100
> From: Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson <decoy.farm@zetnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Crocosmia&Echinops
>
> The message <26.18e001f9.2894f9b1@cs.com>
> from Pavlacky@cs.com contains these words:
> Friends,
> >
> > Also, why is it that every blue Echinops ritro that I see (namely
Taplow
> > blue), is twisted up & diseased with what appears to be at the very
least a
> > severe aphid-attack, and the Arctic Glow (white) variety is perfectly
> > healthy? I've seen this situation repeated in private
gardens(including
> > my own) and nursery offerings as well--plants that are growing next to
each
> > other or being stocked near each other showing completely different
> > characters.
>
> I have had Echinops ritro flowering for the last three years. The
> first two years I had to remove the first central flower head because
> it was so distorted by aphids. It then went on to flower later but
> quite well. This year for the first time I've had no aphid attack at
> all and the plant is in full flower now.
> Sorry, but I don't know either why the aphid attack stopped on later
> blooms or why it didn't start at all this year, but thought it might
> help to have some hope that plants can have good seasons.
> Janet G. Lincs, UK
Janet,
I've had exactly the same experience. This year, my Echinops ritro is
flowering beautifully, but has been terribly distorted before. I thought
last year it was right next to a Philadelphus that is always covered in
blackfly - well, the Philadelphus is this year but the Echinops isn't. But
in previous years I have used the hose to shower off the blackfly, this year
I didn't. Perhaps in the past they just flew straight over to the Echinops.
Louise, Surrey, England
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