Echium Pininana
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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 have several options for the plants overwinter - outside, a garage (unheated) on the side of the house, the aforementioned polytunnel (again unheated) and a brick shed that I can provide minimal warmth in. Im also trying other exotics - cannas, hedychiums etc and also various bananas from seed - very slow and frustrating! thanks Mark |
Echium Pininana
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Echium Pininana
"Mark Fawcett" wrote in message om... 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 have several options for the plants overwinter - outside, a garage (unheated) on the side of the house, the aforementioned polytunnel (again unheated) and a brick shed that I can provide minimal warmth in. Im also trying other exotics - cannas, hedychiums etc and also various bananas from seed - very slow and frustrating! thanks Mark At the Chelsea Physic Garden they lightly lag their Echium Pininana with fleece...maybe you could try lagging more heavily ;-) Pot growing them is not really a viable option as they grow so big. You could try growing Echium Wildpretti or Echium Candicans in pots as they are smaller plants and I have seen both grown like this. HTH Natalie |
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