Are they Nut? I seem to have had mine in for a few years, same plant, they do self seed and I have to throw loads away, shame really but they will take over.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
pic 1 shows the plant in question that still has oval leaves more than a year after planting, pic 3 shows the advert pic of what the plant should turn into and was advertised as Eryngium plantum. pic 2 shows the plant I grew from seed which is Eryngium Bourgattii picos blue and the leaves are how I expected the bought plant to look like (eventually!) I have just messaged the ebay seller to ask if they have encountered any problems with these plants.
Eryngium planum, yes the first is probably that, it looks right.. It's a perennial and will probably flower next year as long as it's in a good sunny well drained spot. It's not the biennial one we've been nattering on about, hi-jacking your thread
2 looks like E. bourgatii to me, that might flower next year or need another year.
Hi nutcutlet, yes the middle pic is e. bourgatii picos blue, I have the seed packet in front of me. I'm quite pleased with that one as it was a tiny seedling when I put it in the ground last autumn shifting it out of my greenhouse and not really expecting much. Its the other one driving me mad, doing nothing! I think i'll just leave it be til next year and see what happens. It is in a good sunny spot with quite enriched soil so i did wonder if its one of those plants that prefers quite poor soil.
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Are they Nut? I seem to have had mine in for a few years, same plant, they do self seed and I have to throw loads away, shame really but they will take over.
you've thrown some my way Lyn, for which I am most grateful
I could supply enough for England Hosta!
reading back, Skylark mentioned Spikey leaves, these are mine
love that dahlia behind
Gigantea don't really have spiky leaves do they?
Yes Lyn, all my E gigantea have flowered (eventually) turned brown, dropped millions of seeds and died. Which is what I expected.
I've got 4 or 5 other species and there have been more in the past, all perennial. There are some spiky leaves out there
In the sticks near Peterborough
That's the word I was trying to think of, Nut. I have Angelica which can flower several years after sowing, but then die.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
bamboos are monocarpic and it's part of the pandas' problems.
pic 1 shows the plant in question that still has oval leaves more than a year after planting, pic 3 shows the advert pic of what the plant should turn into and was advertised as Eryngium plantum. pic 2 shows the plant I grew from seed which is Eryngium Bourgattii picos blue and the leaves are how I expected the bought plant to look like (eventually!) I have just messaged the ebay seller to ask if they have encountered any problems with these plants.
Eryngium planum, yes the first is probably that, it looks right.. It's a perennial and will probably flower next year as long as it's in a good sunny well drained spot. It's not the biennial one we've been nattering on about, hi-jacking your thread
2 looks like E. bourgatii to me, that might flower next year or need another year.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi nutcutlet, yes the middle pic is e. bourgatii picos blue, I have the seed packet in front of me. I'm quite pleased with that one as it was a tiny seedling when I put it in the ground last autumn shifting it out of my greenhouse and not really expecting much. Its the other one driving me mad, doing nothing! I think i'll just leave it be til next year and see what happens. It is in a good sunny spot with quite enriched soil so i did wonder if its one of those plants that prefers quite poor soil.