Good advice @Lyn. I shall leave well alone and see what the weather is like over winter and as you say they will have some protection from any frost albeit unsightly leaves. Hopefully the sawfly won't survive and I shall see some flowers in the summer.
Fran, have you had one grow yet to its full potential? If it survives it will get very tough, the leaves are quite thick, I doubt anything will eat it next year, the stalks get as big as my arm, shallow rooted though. I wonder if you could put some fleece on one or two? I tried that the first year but strong winds here shredded it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Hi @Lyn, I started a thread in December 2017 which you very kindly helped me with along with some lovely photos. You picked it up again late last year. I did have one grow to its full potential which the "beast from the east" uprooted. I have noticed how shallow rooted they are so don't stand a chance in the gales we get here. Never used fleece before so will look into that. Many thanks for all your advice
@Pinkwellies. This was originally my thread when my Echiums had been attacked by sawfly. They have recovered and one is covered in flowers but only about 3 to 4 foot high with an extra side shoot. My two others are exactly the same as yours with side shoots everywhere with no sign of flowers. I put it down to the fact that they had had to recover from the attack but if yours are the same I may be wrong. Someone out there will know the answer. May be it's just a common thing.
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