Caracus Wigandia (Wigandia urens)

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BayAreaTropics Hayward, CA May 18, 2018

Caracus Wigandia
Wigandia urens

UC Berkeley.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 18, 2018

I want 1! LOL

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BayAreaTropics Hayward, CA May 19, 2018

I've never seen this for sale. Only at the Berkeley Botanical garden about 8 years ago. I jumped on it!..a puny yellowish one gallon plant. They hate pots.
I tell you Kell,I've tried making cuttings..and nothing ever took. The cuttings collapse far sooner then the roots can ever form. Even UCB says they do seed grown only. I might try to see if I can collect some ( not good at that!) this year.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 19, 2018

It is great you got 1 then. I wonder if Annies Annuals has it.

Just checked, yes they do. http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/v%20-%20z/wigandia_urens.htm

I think I have seen it there too, in their garden blooming.

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BayAreaTropics Hayward, CA May 20, 2018

They dont need much care or water. Semi fast growing. The only downside is that frost will stop it from blooming and those big leaves will turn black. Every three years since I've had it..its been zapped more or less. Eh,frost happens. I still like the plant.
Otherwise,its great and why its been so hard to find all these years is a mystery.
Oh,one thing very important..I have THE NON STINGING form. I can touch mine all day and nothing happens. I see Annie's plants might be the stinging form. Strange because I would have thought there origin is the UC Berkeley plants.
Its a great plant..its like a giant leafed ficus crossed with a Jacaranda.
Not much danger it gets invasive in nor cal. Maybe a creeklet in SF or Oakland..that's about it.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 20, 2018

Interesting there is a non stinging form. I bet Annie's would love the seeds. I too think lots of her plants have their origins at Berkeley Bot.

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BayAreaTropics Hayward, CA May 21, 2018

I asked her a few years ago if she was interested. She told me no. "They have a source" I think she added. Ok!

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 21, 2018

LOL Her loss.

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