Re: Echinops

In a message dated 99-06-24 12:02:43 EDT, Doreen wrote:

>> 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.<<

Echinops is one of my favorites!  You're going to love it.  I started mine 
bare root
and as I recall it was slow to develop.  They are supposed to bloom the first 
year, but mine didn't.

It was worth the wait.  The flowerheads are colorful and look great for a 
long time before they actually bloom.  They make great dried flowers.  I have 
some that I cut several years ago that still look great.  If you cut them 
just as the flowers start to open they keep their color when dried.  If you 
don't cut them, the seedheads look great in the garden through fall.  They 
start looking scruffy when the seeds ripen.  I just flick the seeds off and 
the color of the seedhead shows again. Great shade of blue -- one of the 
best.  And a most unusual plant. 

I've been tempted to plant Eryngium with Echinops.  Has anybody done this?  

--Janis

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