Re: Cerinthe major redux


	Hello, all--
		As usual, plant trends really run in cycles!  Some 
friends and I visited the Carmel Garden Show a couple of weekends ago, 
and saw Cerinthe major used in several of the display gardens. In a 
couple of the displays, it was paired with euphorbias. The purply-green 
and chartreuse combination was eye-popping, to say the least.  As soon as 
we could, we headed straight for the vendors area and searched 
single-mindedly for the specialty nursery that had Cerinthe for sale (but 
alas, had sold out of the Verbascum "Helen Johnson" already).  We pushed 
through the crowd (well, 3 or 4 other people,at least!),
snatched up our little four-inch pots and triumphantly toted them back to 
the car.  Relief! We had our treasure securely in hand... No Nordstrom 
sale shoppers could have been prouder. 
	Today, I headed to Santa Cruz to pick up a couple of new 
salvias at our local garden center and as I  cruised the aisles, I was 
suddenly head-on with the purply-green fleshy leaves of... Cerinthe. Lots 
of them, in fact, in gallon cans.  I'm sure they have been in stock many 
times, but of course, I had never noticed them until they were 
spotlighted by creative designers.  
	Ah, well, our little four-inchers are thriving...
						Cheers,
						Claudia in Davenport,Ca.

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