RE: Echinops

Thanks Susan,

and where might zone 6b be? Your garden sounds heavenly.

Doreen
>They need full sun in my PNW garden.  As is typical with perennials, they
>won't do much the first year.  Thereafter, they will reach full size and
>start to bloom about July for me.  I grow them for drying -- they are
>wonderful in wreaths and arrangements.  Pick them when they are steel blue
>and needle-like in the flower formation.  Once the "needles" begin to open
>they turn a beautiful blue, and reseed nicely, but they shatter on drying.
>
>My mature height is about 5'.  They are behind a 'Pilgrim' rose (yellow,
>David Austin) with sedum 'Autumn Joy' in the combination.  Great mid-summer
>color.
>
>Susan Saxton, zone 6b
>
>For mine is a little old-fashioned garden where the flowers come
>together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
>likewise.
>Celia Thaxter
>
>I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doreen Knihnicky [k*@mail.med.upenn.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 7:42 AM
>> To: perennials@mallorn.com
>> Subject: Echinops
>> 
>> 
>> Anyone have experience with this. I ordered it from 
>> garden.com. I liked the
>> way it looked and loved the color and I have never seen it in 
>> my area. I'm
>> always more attracted to the unusual. Anyway since I planted it in the
>> spring (gets six hours of sun) it hasn't changed, grown, 
>> bloomed, or for
>> that matter wilted. Anyone know what I might expect. 
>> 
>> Always hopeful, not knowing what to expect when is exciting, 
>> and many times
>> worth the wait.
>> 
>> Doreen
>> 
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