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ECHIUM
Commonly known as
Includes the monocarpic monsters, E. pininana, which, if conditions permit, will self seed and multiply to bee-loving pillars.
Flower colours are blue, purple, yellow, white or red.
Genus of rosette-forming, stiffly hairy annuals and evergreen biennials, perennials (some monocarpic - plants which flower and fruit just once and then die) and shrubs from stony hillsides, cliffs, open woodland and grassy steppes in Europe, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean, Africa and western Asia.
The UK native is E. vulgare, viper's bugloss, a biennial important for attracting insects.
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Evergreen
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Additional Features
Good to knowGrown for their spikes of funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. Wildlife plant - bees, hoverflies.
Place of originEurope, Canary Islands, Mediterranean, Africa, western Asia. -
Toxic - Category C
Skin irritant(People & Pets) -
Wildlife
Bee friendly
Buy Varieties of ECHIUM
ECHIUM amoenum 'Red Feathers'
small growing short-lived perennial with pinkish-red flowers
ECHIUM fastuosum
(candicans) - medium bushy shrub with grey-green foliage and short spikes of bluish flowers
Free delivery
Gift-wrapping available
ECHIUM pininana
(pinnifolium) - single stemmed biennial with long green leaves and enormous spikes of purplish-blue flowers
ECHIUM pininana 'Blue Steeple'
biennial producing an eyecatching spire of masses of blue flowers
Free delivery
ECHIUM 'Red Rocket'
(E. wildpretii x E. 'Pink Fountain'). 4-6 ft spikes of dark pink-red flowers with blue anthers. Some frost tolerance given shelter and good drainage. Perennial
Free delivery
ECHIUM russicum
grey-green leaves with spikes of dark red flowers.
Gift-wrapping available
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