Tower of Jewels (Echium wildpretii)

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 03, 2011

Tower of Jewels
Echium wildpretii

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Calif_Sue Northern California, United States(Zone 9a) May 04, 2011

Beautiful coloring on this echium!

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) May 04, 2011

i agree Sue
the red coloration of this one is really nice
the only one i have been able to grow successfully is the E.pininana
would love to grow this one
but i bet it needs more sunlight then i have :-(
Kell are these growing over on the coast ?

Dick

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 04, 2011

No, inland where it gets hot. 1 set in Lafayette, and the other in Walnut Creek. I like this one because it does not get huge but very still very entertaining!

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) May 04, 2011

that lets me out
the only place that gets hot enuff like that is in my green house :-(
thanks
i think i will just enjoy them via your awesome picts :-)

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 04, 2011

I saw huge echiums in Mendocino last year, Dick. All over town. I was smitten! And it is cool there. They reseed like crazy.

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) May 04, 2011

that is a pict of E.pininana which i did grow and have a cpl seedlings coming up this year
i have tried several different ones so far and pininana has been the most successful
i do have a 3 more different ones i'm trying now including the variegated one :-)
this image is of E.pininana over 12 ft tall
i'm standing on my deck 5 ft above ground looking up

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 04, 2011

That is very cool!

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