...the wonder Aster that flowers for 3 months from late June/early July, to October... it does not need staking and in time forms a large, rounded almost shrub like perennial.. .. if you have a plant under this name and you find yours flops, then you've been sold a very similar, almost identical one called 'Wunder von Stafa'.. it's beautiful in its own right, but best against hard landscaping as it flops forward.. I have both here..
If it's any consolation I can't keep anchusa going either. Interesting about Christopher Lloyd . I think he grew lupins as biennials too, but they keep going for me.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Oh I totally agree, "Monch" is a real wonder-plant. Mine was just starting to splay out a bit last year, so this spring I have chopped it in two, and given my sister the other half.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
Yes, biennials, but I also think it's important to get decent plants of Anchusa so they perform well the season after planting. I've had some disappointing potted ones, so I'm going to recommend R.V. Roger of Yorkshire, who supply huge bare roots of these in autumn, and they grow and flower well the following season...
I've also grown the variety 'Opal', which has pinkish markings on each flower, but I didn't like those quite so much.
I have grown anchusa successfully from seed but also found they didn't last long. I'll be trying them again here tho, just as soon as OH clears the grass for a new bed I'm planning for pollinators' perennials.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Yes, trust me to like the only grass that is tender! I’ve only just realised you are working your way through the alphabet 🙄 Agastache and Achillea are two of my must-have summer perennials on the A list.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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.. if you have a plant under this name and you find yours flops, then you've been sold a very similar, almost identical one called 'Wunder von Stafa'.. it's beautiful in its own right, but best against hard landscaping as it flops forward.. I have both here..
ASTER frikartii 'Monch'..
ANCHUSA 'Loddon Royalist'..
..I think that's all my 'A's..
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I've also grown the variety 'Opal', which has pinkish markings on each flower, but I didn't like those quite so much.