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Originally Posted by Jeff214
Nice! My Labiatas are arriving tomorrow in 3" pots so I guess it may be another 2 years before it blooms.
my warscewiczii seedling is actually doing very well for me in San Diego... it's the only one that I have that can withstand full sun here. In contrast, my luddemaniana seem stressed out. I thought both warsewiczii and luddemaniana tolerated full sun but it doesn't seem to be the case...
I need to find a place to hide my labiata from the california sun...!
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Shade cloth! I have found, to my surprise, that C. labiata grows nicely outside, with just overhead protection in winter. C. warscewiczii and luddemaniana I think need more warmth... have not read or heard anything to the contrary. (The hint on C. labiata, which I had always thought of as a warm grower, was from a talk given by Steve Champlain of Floralia. He lives in Brazil now, but is originally from southern California and so knows both the C. labiata habitat and my local climate, and he was very right)
Those seedlings all need to be indoors for the winter I'm sure, but consider putting the C. labiata outside in the spring.
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