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[Lesley Cox]

Re Olsynium douglasii: I have plants from wild collected seed on Vancouver Island from 2004. They grow but I have had only one flower two years ago. What am I doing wrong? They are in a clay pot in one of my open-sided frames

Erle
Anglesey. 1st rain since 18th March.

I'm not sure that it would like a clay pot unless it was kept really moist. It really doesn't like to dry out at all, either form.

[Roma]

Pictures taken last year.  Please ignore the weeds.  The Olsyniums were potted for showing and to be split and replanted two years ago.  They are still waiting

[Paul T]

They really are pretty, aren't they.  Both the white and the purple forms are lovely.  Not Sisyrinchium-like to me at all.  Much nicer than that.  Thanks so much for the piture of both of them, Roma.  Great to see both of them together.

 You're right about the colour too, Lesley.  It really is nice, isn't it?  I'll definitely have to file the name away for the future!!    It's not like the garden isn't already full.... I spent a small fortune at a local nursery last week when it had a sale on.  I call it retail therapy at the moment.... any excuse.  

[ChrisB]

Lovely plants Susan.  I've not seen them before.  I grow some sisyrinchiums but none of them look like that.

[Lesley Cox]

Mine have always been less blue than yours Roma, as I said above, a ROSY purple. I went to Google and the first link gave me a picture by Mark Turner. Mine is THAT colour.