Echium pininana

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Echium pininana Aug 10, 2011 16:21:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Aug 10, 2011 16:21:42 GMT Think they might be a bit too tender up here.....but I have a stack of seed so might have a go next year
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Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	Echium pininana Aug 11, 2011 8:02:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Aug 11, 2011 8:02:43 GMT I tried one up here once...needless to say it didn't survive so i won't try them again
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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Echium pininana Aug 11, 2011 11:37:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Aug 11, 2011 11:37:11 GMT That's a shame, I heard they always grow great the 2nd time ;D
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Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	Echium pininana Aug 11, 2011 12:22:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Aug 11, 2011 12:22:01 GMT Aug 11, 2011 11:37:11 GMT steve said: That's a shame, I heard they always grow great the 2nd time ;D Now our Steve, don't you go tempting me to try again!! Tsk tsk your a naughty Steve ;D
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sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Echium pininana Aug 11, 2011 14:37:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Aug 11, 2011 14:37:52 GMT first time I ever saw these was the gardens at tresco. They were big big big.
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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Echium pininana Aug 13, 2011 13:32:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Aug 13, 2011 13:32:25 GMT Jun 25, 2011 15:18:10 GMT steve said: Just need to keep them going over winter and they should produce the huge flower spikes next year Just realised where this thread was ;D How they look today
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esther Top Member Posts: 2,677	Echium pininana Aug 13, 2011 15:26:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by esther on Aug 13, 2011 15:26:47 GMT They look really healthy Steve ;D
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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Echium pininana Aug 13, 2011 18:36:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Aug 13, 2011 18:36:15 GMT The round leaf partly hidden bottom centre right is a Foxglove tree from seed Paulownia....doing well
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floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Echium pininana Aug 13, 2011 23:47:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on Aug 13, 2011 23:47:58 GMT Aug 13, 2011 18:36:15 GMT steve said: The round leaf partly hidden bottom centre right is a Foxglove tree from seed Paulownia....doing well I looked at those but decided it would be a bad move in my garden .

merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Echium pininana Aug 14, 2011 6:18:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on Aug 14, 2011 6:18:57 GMT Ey-by-ek, you'll get a stiff neck looking up at that one. I think I'll stick to Hollyhocks ;D

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Echium pininana Aug 14, 2011 8:27:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Aug 14, 2011 8:27:50 GMT Same with Catalpa really, they do grow too big for the average garden but to get the really large leaves you have to keep cutting them back early in spring.....then they are not big in height just in leaf size
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wildlifefriendly Guest	Echium pininana Oct 8, 2011 17:06:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Oct 8, 2011 17:06:56 GMT I spotted this in the garden while I was cutting stuff back. It is ten times larger than the ones I have in pots. We might have a mild winter

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Echium pininana Oct 8, 2011 17:57:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Oct 8, 2011 17:57:31 GMT That has the potential
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Echium pininana Oct 8, 2011 22:35:06 GMT

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Post by floydie on Oct 8, 2011 22:35:06 GMT

Aug 14, 2011 8:27:50 GMT steve said:

Same with Catalpa really, they do grow too big for the average garden but to get the really large leaves you have to keep cutting them back early in spring.....then they are not big in height just in leaf size

Doesnt that risk loosing the flowers though

I did think about trying one in a pot then at least if/when it got too big i could move it on

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Echium pininana Oct 9, 2011 3:06:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Oct 9, 2011 3:06:10 GMT I love Catalpas - I wish I had space for one! It was a difficult choice when the Hebe had to go - what to plant, I mean. I couldn't grow Echiums, it's just too windy here.

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