Re: Echium fastuosum
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Echium fastuosum
- From: M* D*
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:35:48 -0600
At 03:15 PM 11/17/98 -0500, lowery@teamzeon.com wrote:
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>Valerie Lowery@ZEON
>11/17/98 03:15 PM
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>Can anyone tell me about the above-mentioned perennial? I just saw it in a
>book I bought and it is a gorgeous purple! I've never seen anything like
>it. It is described in the picture as being in a garden that overlooks the
>Mediterranean. It says that the climate is hot and humid ... reminds me of
>our summers here in KY. Also grown in the same garden is Eryngium,
>Armeria, and Echinops. Since I have these in my garden now, I wonder if I
>could also grow the Echium.
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>Anyone know of a source? Looking on the internet didn't help me much.
>Perhaps I am not searching the right way...I just put in the latin name of
>the perennial and went from there.
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>Val in KY
>zone 6a
Val, The Sunset Western Garden Book lists Echium fastuosum ("Pride of
Madeira") as a 3-6ft. shrubby perennial with many coarse, heavy branches 3-6
ft. high. Hairy gray-green leaves with great spike-like clusters of
bluish-purple flowers that stand out dramatically above the foliage in
May-June. All do well in dry poor soil but need good drainage. Weekly
summer water needed inland. I couldn't find a local or mailorder source for
it. Since it is a mediterranean type plant, I'll bet someone in California
grows it, maybe you could get a cutting?
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
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