{"id":89911,"date":"2019-03-21T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=89911"},"modified":"2019-03-21T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:49:04","slug":"echiums-blue-spikes-for-dry-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=89911","title":{"rendered":"echiums, blue spikes for dry gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/user\/botanizeme\/media\/march2019\/IMG_1265.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2019\/IMG_1265.jpg\" alt=\" photo IMG_1265.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Huntington earlier in the week&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/user\/botanizeme\/media\/march2019\/IMG_1257.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2019\/IMG_1257.jpg\" alt=\" photo IMG_1257.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Echiums getting the formal treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s52.photobucket.com\/user\/botanizeme\/media\/march2019\/IMG_1259.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2019\/IMG_1259.jpg\" alt=\" photo IMG_1259.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Formal, informal, echiums never hit a false note.  They&#8217;re some of the wildest, spikiest blues around.  Sometimes shading into violet, with other species spiking in white, red.  Many are island species that love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calflora.org\/cgi-bin\/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=2888\">coastal California<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/august2017\/P1016721.jpg\" alt=\" photo P1016721.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are big plants, bigger than my small garden can handle.   A couple Echium wildpretii is all I have room for at the moment.   The above photo of E. wildpetii from 2018 shows that even without flowering they&#8217;re impressive plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/april2016\/1-_MG_4171.jpg\" alt=\" photo 1-_MG_4171.jpg\"\/><figcaption>with cistus at the San Francisco Botanical Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/may%202011\/54eve025.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\"\/><figcaption>Echium gentianoides &#8216;Tajinaste&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/1-P1014827.jpg\" alt=\" photo 1-P1014827.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"844\"\/><figcaption>Echium simplex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/12410morn024.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\"\/><figcaption>&#8216;Star of Madeira&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For stunning leaves, flowers, for full hot sun&#8230;echium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Huntington earlier in the week&#8230; Echiums getting the formal treatment. Formal, informal, echiums never hit a false note. They&#8217;re some of the wildest, spikiest blues around. Sometimes shading into violet, with other species spiking in white, red. 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