Re: Echinops
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Echinops
- From: "l*@cyberhighway.net"
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 07:18:48 -0500
I've grown them from seed and had no problem. I didn't stratify. Linda,
Idaho, Zone 5
At 09:14 PM 6/26/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Has anyone tried growing these from seed? They look lovely in the catalog
>and by description of your postings.
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>barb
>Woodinville, WA
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>> My echinops, which was tagged as ritro, was very slow the first year. No
>> bloom, only about two feet tall all year. However, the last few years, it
>> has been getting about twice that height and carries many of those spikey
>> blue flowers. I grow it next to a Mrs. John Laing rose, which is sort of
>> half way between a pale and a medium pink. A very nice rose and just the
>> right shade to go with blue flowers. I really should get a couple more of
>> them but I haven't seen too many of them for sale.
>>
>> Bob Campbell
>> USDA 4
>> southern Ontario
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