Echium Wildpretii.

[jungle jas]

Hi all, any of you grown these from seed? if so did you surface sow or cover and at what temperature? Any one get them to flower? Thanks.

[Dave Brown]

Don't know about wildpretii, but Echium pininana says do not exclude light so must be near the surface at 18 to 20C

[tropicalwon]

Don't know about wildpretii, but Echium pininana says do not exclude light so must be near the surface at 18 to 20C

Ditto.

I've not grown this one JJ, but have grown Echium pininana. The propagation procedure is the same.....

Sow at a depth 0f 3mm, Germination takes 7-21 days at 18-20 C.

I grew mine on the kitchen window sill with 100% success with no bottom heat

Just a glimpse of what they look like in all there glory.......

[jungle jas]

Thank you both.

[Palmer]

I grew them from seed to flower many years ago and that took three years for me, I found wildpretii hardier than pininana but they must be kept dry in winter or there prone to rot!
I would over winter them in my cold greenhouse were temps went down to -5 sometimes.


It’s the most beautiful flower I’ve ever grown from seed

[jungle jas]

It’s the most beautiful flower I've ever grown from seed [/quote]

That's very encouraging. Thanks.