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Erysmium

B3B3 Posts: 27,503

I have a yellow variegated erysmium in the wrong place. It just doesn't look right. 

What might go with it and can I move it now? It is just beginning to flower. It's happy enough where it is, but I'm not!

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Take a big rootball and hey presto moved.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,503

    Thanks Dave. Now I'll wait to see if anyone can suggest what goes with itimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,503

    I bought it early  last year and matured it in a pot before planting out late last year. This will be its first year to flower.  It's sooo acid yellow. I put it near a veronica but I don't think they'll flower at the same time. I think your suggestions of dark leaves plants is a goer verdun. I have a young hydrangea with very dark leaves. That would work as short-lived, it will have died before t size becomes a problem. I'll put up with it this year and take some cuttings. If it sulks it will be worse!

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,503

    That makes sense. I tend to buy odd plants rather than groups. Sometimes it worksimage

    I tend to see plants as individuals

    And this sometimes makes the garden look bitty

    But sometimes there is serendipity

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    That's why I said big rootball Verdun. If I move one I use a garden fork. I like bowles mauve but I'm not a huge fan myself, although I grow them for clients.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,503

    I'm thinking I'm not a huge fan either Dave. But I've only got one floret opened so far. Perhaps I should give it a chance. Haven't smelt its yet. Maybe that will be its saving grace.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
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