Aubrieta

**16 shells** · 02-04-2009, 08:44 PM

Aubrieta is it ok, as it is a member of the Brassica family.
Paul

**Alan1** · 02-04-2009, 08:48 PM

Yes it is, I was buying it and discovered I had tons of it in the garden

linda · 02-04-2009, 09:03 PM

paul

i asked this question several weeks back and martin dann

who knows his stuff said it was fine for torts

**16 shells** · 02-04-2009, 09:13 PM

Thanks Alan and Linda, i suppose like everything in moderation, lol.
Paul

sandy · 02-04-2009, 09:18 PM

mine have been eating it for years:0)
Although its the barassica family, it only flowers in the Spring, then sort of goes all dry and horrible. Then sprouts again the next Spring. So they only get it one time a year.

anna m · 03-04-2009, 12:30 AM

That's good if it flowers every year. I'm looking for more plants like this. Just bought some Aubrieta seeds

sandy · 03-04-2009, 08:23 AM

What I do with mine is to trim it back after it has flowered. Then it comes back with vigour the next year. You can leave it to do its own thing, but it gets more ragged.
If you wait until its finished flowering, and has set some seed (thats if you dont feed it all to torts) then it will self set. I have quite a few now growing around the garden, which I didnt put there:0)

02-04-2009, 08:44 PM	#1
16 shells Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 7,286	Aubrieta Aubrieta is it ok, as it is a member of the Brassica family. Paul __________________ Paul.

02-04-2009, 09:13 PM	#4
16 shells Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 7,286	Thanks Alan and Linda, i suppose like everything in moderation, lol. Paul __________________ Paul.

02-04-2009, 09:18 PM	#5
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	mine have been eating it for years:0) Although its the barassica family, it only flowers in the Spring, then sort of goes all dry and horrible. Then sprouts again the next Spring. So they only get it one time a year. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

03-04-2009, 08:23 AM	#7
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	What I do with mine is to trim it back after it has flowered. Then it comes back with vigour the next year. You can leave it to do its own thing, but it gets more ragged. If you wait until its finished flowering, and has set some seed (thats if you dont feed it all to torts) then it will self set. I have quite a few now growing around the garden, which I didnt put there:0) __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

02-04-2009, 08:48 PM	#2
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Yes it is, I was buying it and discovered I had tons of it in the garden

02-04-2009, 09:03 PM	#3
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	paul i asked this question several weeks back and martin dann who knows his stuff said it was fine for torts

03-04-2009, 12:30 AM	#6
anna m Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 4,091	That's good if it flowers every year. I'm looking for more plants like this. Just bought some Aubrieta seeds

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