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14-08-2003, 12:22 AM

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Hi
I fairly sure Im being far to optimistic but Im growing Echium p. Ive
got several plants in a south facing bed thats fairly sheltered plus a
load more in pots in a polytunnel. Im in NE Wales, on the side of a
hill so while I get bad frosts the worst thing is wind and rain. Has
anybody else grown them outside this far north and can you lag them
(the way I do my Musas)?

I don't know how successful you will be with the ones in pots, these are
seriously big plants when they get to flowering size..at least 8ft with
a substantial trunk and very top heavy.

They grow, flower well and self seed outdoors in sunny sheltered
gardens here, without any winter lagging or protection. I've got a
little forest of them about 2ft high, which were 3" seedlings given to
me a couple of months ago.

Winters here are mild with lots of wind and rain. The furthest north I
have seen them is at Inverewe.

Janet (Isle of Arran Scotland).