Echium pininana (3lt)

Echium pininana (3lt)

Giant Echium

£8.50
Product Code: 100000005217
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Hirsute, ovate long green leaves upto 40cm from a sturdy trunk. In its second year it shoots up an enormous flower spike that can reach 3m++ covered in thousands of blue flowers beloved by bees. Needs very free draining soil in a very sheltered sunny spot. Can be grown in a large deep pot.

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Info
Colour Blue
Evergreen Or Deciduous Evergreen
Flower Colour blue
Good For Wildlife yes
Hardiness half hardy
Height 3m
Pot Size 3lt
Season Summer
Soil Type Moist but well drained
Spread 1m
Time Of Flowering Summer
Common Name Giant Echium
Award Of Garden Merit yes
Aspect Sun or Part Shade