Re: Cerinthe major redux
Claudia -- Rest assured that your 4" pots will fare far better through
transplanting than those gallon cans would. I bet that if you planted a 4"
and a gallon at the same time, the 4" would soon be the larger and
healthier plant!
Nan
> 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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San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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