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    ECHIUM amoenum 'Red Feathers'
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    ECHIUM amoenum 'Red Feathers'

    Small growing short-lived perennial with pinkish-red flowers
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    2 Litre   - Click to view photo
    Delivery Information
    Not available until May 2025
    individually £16.50 each , 3+ £15.00 each 
    Not available until May 2025 -
     
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    • Good to know
      Wildlife plant - bees, butterflies. Flowering prolonged by deadheading. Leave some spikes for reseeding
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs attack young growth
    • Place of origin
      Northern Iran, Caucasus
    • Evergreen
      Dark green linear leaves
    • Red
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      10cm (4in)
    • Spread
      15-20cm (6-8in)
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
      Small, mounding, compact perennial. Produces upright plumes of feathery, russet-red flowers on stems 25-35cms (10-14in) tall
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Well drained, dry, poor to moderately fertile soil
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • skin irritant
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • Bee friendly
    • Butterfly friendly
    • Mature Size
      10cm (4in)
      		 Herbaceous - guide for size not form Garden Toad
        15-20cm (6-8in)
      		  
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    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug Pellets
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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