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Acanthus mollis - Bear's Breeches
By Delonix1
6 Apr, 2012
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All the wild Bear's Breeches' are flowering now in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. They typically go semi-dormant in summer. Photo taken April 4, 2012
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snap same here Meanie, bought my seed earlier this year..
6 Apr, 2012
Meanie:
I always thought this plant was grown from tubers. They are almost impossible get rid of...with so many tubers!
7 Apr, 2012
The tubers gotta come from somewhere!!
7 Apr, 2012
Isn't it a widely grown plant there in the UK? I know it's a very hardy plant!
11 Apr, 2012
They are pretty common, and certainly hardy.
11 Apr, 2012
They probably grow the opposite of here, though. They grow well and and bloom from fall - spring...then in summer they go semi-dormant.
14 Apr, 2012
Bloom summer to autumn, then in winter say "stuff this" and disappear until it warms up!!!
14 Apr, 2012
As I figured they go dormant in winter, there...they go semi-dormant to dormant here in summer.
15 Apr, 2012
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Love these!
Just germinated a couple of seeds that I'd forgot I had.
6 Apr, 2012