The other week I was given some echium seed by a lady who thrust a handful of chaff into my hands and said, ''here, see what you can do with these". I questioned her and It seems I may have echium wildpretii--how lucky am I ?
After soaking them in water for 24 hours, they were planted in 50 mm (2 inch) individual tubes.Of the 10 seeds, 5 germinated with 7 days and a further one has popped its head up.
I haven't grown E.wildpretii before, but have always wanted to.They certainly are majestic, towering to 3 metres and being monocarpic, flower, set seed and die within two years.And what a bee magnet! They also are drought tolerant.
What echiums are you growing? Please post pictures if available.
