Echium / ˈɛkiəm / [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that contains about 70 species and several subspecies. Species of Echium are native to North Africa, mainland …

Jun 24, 2024 · Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans) is a sprawling shrub with purple flowers. Learn how to grow and care for it in your home garden.

Nov 22, 2023 · Echium vulgare is a biennial wildflower, good for attracting pollinators, especially bees. Rosettes of slender, bristly leaves appear in the first year, followed by spikes of blue, …

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans or Echium fastuosum) is a fascinating biennial mounding shrub displaying fabulously eye-catching, cone-shaped blue clusters from late spring through …

Echium is a genus of about 70 plants that are native to Europe, N. Africa and Central Asia and are in the Boraginaceae (or Forget-me-not) family. These plants have naturalized in areas as …

Echium are best known for their tall blue flower spikes, which tower above your head in summer. However, they do vary in size and there are many smaller ones to try. The tubular flowers can …

The Echium plant, or Echiums, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. The genus consists of around 70 different species and subspecies of annuals, biennials, or …

Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss and blueweed, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae.

Learn how to grow echium in your garden with the RHS expert guide on choosing, planting, feeding, pruning and propagating plants.

Echium candicans –commonly called Pride of Madeira–is a woody-based biennial that bears dense cylindrical panicles to 12 inches (30cm) long of narrowly funnel-shaped white or bluish …