Comments on: Pride of Madiera, or at the least, the Pride of Worcester? https://gardern.co.za/2012/05/pride-of-madiera-or-at-least-pride-of/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2012/05/pride-of-madiera-or-at-least-pride-of/#comment-3238 Wed, 30 May 2012 16:40:33 +0000 #comment-3238 I over winter this in my cold greenhouse, but, in full sun. It is growing in pure garden soil ( no peat) as this species dislikes organic material such as that found in commercial potting soil It prefers poor soil.

]]> By: Kaveh Maguire https://gardern.co.za/2012/05/pride-of-madiera-or-at-least-pride-of/#comment-3237 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:58:41 +0000 #comment-3237 I promise I won't laugh! I would have loved to have grown one and got it to bloom when I lived on the east coast. Even though they are very common here I still sometimes pull over to take photos of impressive specimens. Even though they are usually listed as being annual, biennial or short lived they seem like perfectly hardy perennials. I've seen some as big as buildings that are surely quite old.

I'm growing a 'Mr. Happy' from Annie's in my garden and have a bunch of seelings of E. pininana that I just potted into quarts. Hopefully I will have some very impressive bloom pictures next spring.

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2012/05/pride-of-madiera-or-at-least-pride-of/#comment-3236 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:01:37 +0000 #comment-3236 I overwintered it in the cold greenhouse. It started to bud up in February, so it has an less than dense flower stalk. Still, the bees love it!

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2012/05/pride-of-madiera-or-at-least-pride-of/#comment-3235 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:43:50 +0000 #comment-3235 How did you overwinter it – dormant in cold storage or in a warm place?

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