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Follow up to Echinops query
Janet very kindly responded to photo query re Echinops as follows:
The first one is Echinops ritro and the second one seems to be another Echinops - I believe Echinops sphaerocephalus (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...es/11507.shtml) Janet G Can anyone help re my response? That's the ones! Thanks Janet. Are they annuals (Do I have to plant them every year)? How would I go about making sure I have some of these in my borders next summer? Would I wait until Spring and then propogate from Seed? You can tell i'm new to this, can't you! xiv |
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Follow up to Echinops query
"louisxiv" wrote in message ... Janet very kindly responded to photo query re Echinops as follows: The first one is Echinops ritro and the second one seems to be another Echinops - I believe Echinops sphaerocephalus (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...es/11507.shtml) Janet G Can anyone help re my response? That's the ones! Thanks Janet. Are they annuals (Do I have to plant them every year)? How would I go about making sure I have some of these in my borders next summer? Would I wait until Spring and then propogate from Seed? You can tell i'm new to this, can't you! xiv The blue one (Echinops ritro) comes every year from the existing rootstock. It will self seed and produce additional plants. You can chop back the whole plant to ground level at the end of the season. I assume the same applies to the white one as the link posted by Janet says that it is a perennial. |
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Follow up to Echinops query
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from "louisxiv" contains these words: Janet very kindly responded to photo query re Echinops as follows: The first one is Echinops ritro and the second one seems to be another Echinops - I believe Echinops sphaerocephalus (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...es/11507.shtml) Janet G Can anyone help re my response? That's the ones! Thanks Janet. Are they annuals (Do I have to plant them every year)? How would I go about making sure I have some of these in my borders next summer? Would I wait until Spring and then propogate from Seed? You can tell i'm new to this, can't you! xiv No they're perennials. The seed germinates quite easily in warmish conditions, so spring would be the ideal time to sow. I can't remember whether they flower the first year or not but once you have them established you've got them for ever. Echinops ritro seeds itself around a bit as well, so you'll get plants popping up in other places too. Janet G |
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Follow up to Echinops query
louisxiv wrote:
Janet very kindly responded to photo query re Echinops as follows: The first one is Echinops ritro and the second one seems to be another Echinops - I believe Echinops sphaerocephalus (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...es/11507.shtml) Janet G Can anyone help re my response? That's the ones! Thanks Janet. Are they annuals (Do I have to plant them every year)? How would I go about making sure I have some of these in my borders next summer? Would I wait until Spring and then propogate from Seed? It states clearly on that page that they are perrenials. You can tell i'm new to this, can't you! xiv me too, but perrenial means they come up every year |
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Follow up to Echinops query
In article , "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" writes: | | The blue one (Echinops ritro) comes every year from the existing rootstock. | It will self seed and produce additional plants. | You can chop back the whole plant to ground level at the end of the season. | I assume the same applies to the white one as the link posted by Janet says | that it is a perennial. Both are. They are absolute b*gg*rs to get rid of when you want to, as they will regrow from deep roots. They probably won't thrive in heavy clay, but love light loams. I have never found them to self seed much, but have never grown more than one plant. I had forgotten that the white one wasn't a variety of E. ritro but E. sphaerocephalus - plants that you buy as the former may well be the latter, and it is a much inferior garden plant. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Follow up to Echinops query
"Phil L" wrote in message .. . louisxiv wrote: Janet very kindly responded to photo query re Echinops as follows: The first one is Echinops ritro and the second one seems to be another Echinops - I believe Echinops sphaerocephalus (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...es/11507.shtml) Janet G Can anyone help re my response? That's the ones! Thanks Janet. Are they annuals (Do I have to plant them every year)? How would I go about making sure I have some of these in my borders next summer? Would I wait until Spring and then propogate from Seed? It states clearly on that page that they are perrenials. You can tell i'm new to this, can't you! xiv me too, but perrenial means they come up every year So it does! |
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