In message , Sacha
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On 2010-04-05 15:40:29 +0100, Gopher said:

In message , Sacha
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On 2010-04-05 13:41:53 +0100, Derek Turner said:

Last year it was a six" high 'cutting' given by a neighbour. Now
it's
over 5' tall.
www.cantabile.org.je/derek/worrissit.jpg
the green thing on the left not the fat ugly thing on the right - that's
me!
Looks like Echium piniana and if you were given it last year, it
should flower this year. I had 3 in my St Martin's garden and
thought I'd lost them to frost. Next spring I had *hundreds* of
them all over the place! If you don't want that, save some seed and
chop the rest down. I think they've got some in Ransom's car park.
If I'm correct and it is that plant, this is what they do:
http://dobies.hostserver1.co.uk/im/pd/FLSECH17853_3.jpg
As seen in NZ?

And Tresco and Devon and possibly parts of Dorset. ;-) But yes, they
were all over parts of NZ, growing like weeds, you're quite right. I
remember them in the North Island but can't recall if we saw them in
the South Island but if we did, I'd think it would have been the
northern part where it's warmer. There's another nice one that grows
more like a shrubby candelabra, holding its branches upwards. I'm very
fond of that one which is Echium fastuosum.

Some of the houses along the coast at Motueka had splendid examples.
Visiting Isles of Scilly in September for first time so look forward to
seeing them.
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Gopher .... I know my place!