On 2014-07-23 17:04:27 +0000, Chris Hogg said:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:08:12 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
Here's our Echium fastuosum earlier this year,
just as they were opening - bee magnet, too, I may say!
http://i60.tinypic.com/21crrrt.jpg

Very nice, but I hope you've also got a few in full sun. The are,
after all, natives of The Canaries.

Those are under the shelter of a tree but they face due south so don't
lack sun. It gives them protection but lets them rip, too! To the right
was an E. piniana which seeded itself.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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