On 11 Mar, 12:40, "Des Higgins" wrote:
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On Mar 11, 10:38 am, Sacha wrote:
Is anyone else growing this? It's aka the Mexican sunflower. We first
saw
it in Monet's garden where it was planted, rather strangely, as a dot
plant
instead of big groups where it would look very 'WOW'. All the gardener
could tell me when I asked its name was 'Torche' which is the variety
there.
However, somehow Ray has tracked it down and I spent yesterday afternoon
pricking out dozens of seedlings! We're going to plant a big clump of it
in
our own garden to see how it does. Some sources say the taller ones need
staking. I believe Suttons Seeds has it in this
country.http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...=Search+Images...
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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

I took at look at the pics and I will get some seeds this week, can
you tell us some more about it, how hardy is it or is it just an
annual? I have never grown it so any info would be appreciated.

It is a fast growing tender annual that grows to about 1.5 metres and has
brilliant orange flowers with odd shaped thickened ehhhh emmmm ehhhh flower
stalks (or involucral something or others). I grew it one year using seed
from T+M but they seem to have stopped doing them now or only have mixed
colour varieties instead of plain orange. I think Chiltern seeds have it.



Judith

Typical, I just sent an order to Chiltern seeds last night and I was
looking for another one or two items to add to the list, to late now.
but they have a good selection
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chiltern...nc=CBBXBIECFXF

David Hill
Abacus Nurseries