Echium is a quite large genus with annuals or biennials to perennial, woody plants, of which many have most ornamental, sometimes impressively tall flower stalks. In contrast to their mostly perennial, woody Canary relatives, the species offered here are mostly biennials from Central Europe and the Mediterranean. In the first year they make a basal leaf rosette out of which a sometimes quite tall flower stalk emerges in summer the second year. All require a very well drained, preferably sandy or stony soil in a sunny spot. They are ideal for the rock garden.
Sow flat in any rich, yet well drained, sandy soil, keep pots in full sun. Transplant seedlings from end of spring till late autumn in a sunny, protected spot in the garden. Annual species are best sowed directly to the ground after the last freezing night in mid spring.
All are USDA Climate Zone 6.
20 seeds per package.
Echium (Hardy Burgloss)
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Echium angustifolium (Narrow-leafed Burgloss)
20 (40)cm, Narrow-leafed Burgloss is a rarely cultivated showy annual to biannual with a flat, basal, dark green, coarsely pubescent leaf rosette and strongly branching stems with pale winered flowers fading to lilac blue with age. Native of the lower dry zone and disturbed areas in rocky soils in the eastern Mediterranean region. For any rich, very well drained soil in a sunny spot. Excellent in the rock garden. Sow directly to the ground after the last freezing night in mid spring. VI-VII.
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Echium asperrimum
30 (60)cm, a rarely cultivated showy biannual with a flat, basal, dark green, coarsely pubescent leaf rosette and a broadly pyramidical shaped multi branching inflorescence with pale lilac-red flower tubes. Native of rocky soils in the eastern Mediterranean region. For any rich, very well drained soil in a sunny spot. Excellent in the rock garden. Sow directly to the ground after the last freezing night in mid spring. VI-VII.
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| seed package (ex Cap de ses Salines)4915 | € 3,99* | ||
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Echium glomeratum (Eastern Mediterranean Burgloss) Exclusive
140 (170)cm, Eastern Mediterranean Burgloss is an impressively tall biannual Echium species from the Eastern Mediterranean region. Plants make one main and several side stems from a basal leaf rosette. Leaves are lanceolate and prickly, axillary clusters of densely packed white to whitish rose flowers. Grow in a rocky, very well drained soil in a protected, sunny spot outside. Wild collected seeds from a population found in the Beka'a valley (Lebanon) at some 1.350m. VI-VII.
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Echium italicum ssp. italicum
100 (150)cm, a rarely seen tall biennial species endemic of rocky fields in the Western Mediterranean region. Makes a slightly branching, pyramidal inflorescence with pale blue to white flowers above a basal, flat rosette of dark grayish green, coarse leaves. For any rocky, sandy soil in full sun. Excellent in the rock garden. V-VI.
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| seed package (ex Mallorca, Spain)4916 | € 0,99* | ||
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Echium russicum (syn. Echium rubrum - Red Burgloss)
30 (50)cm, Red Burgloss has an unique flower color in its genus: burgundy red. Makes very floriferous inflorescence above a biennial to semiperennial basal rosette of shiny, lanceolate, dark green, coarse leaves. Native of East Europe (eastern Austria to northern Balkan, extending to Caucasus and north-eastern Turkey) growing in dry, rocky fields. For any rocky, or sandy, well drained soil in full sun. VI-VII.
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| seed package 2762 | € 3,99* | ||
Echium sabulicola (Sand Burgloss) Exclusive
20 (30)cm, Sand Burgloss is a creeping annual to biannual native of rocky sites and sand dunes near by the sea in the Mediterranean region. It has showy, dark purlish-blue flowers on elongating stems with dark green leaves. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VI-VIII.
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| seed package 4665 | € 3,99* | ||
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Echium vulgare (Common Vipers' Burgloss)
100 (150)cm, Common Vipers' Burgloss makes a basal flat dark green biannual leaf rosette and a medium sized, slightly branching spike with bright blue flowers. A European fully winter hardy species, which is easily grown in any very well drained soil in full sun. Will readily self sow under good conditions. VI-VIII.
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Echium wildpretii ssp. wildpretii (Tajinaste Rojo)
100cm ø rosette, Tajinaste Rojo is an utmost showy biannual to semiperennial species and the symbol of Tenerife, where it is locally called "Orgullo de Tenerife" (Pride of Tenerife). It makes a cylindrical inflorescence of up to 400cm in height with several thousands of deep red flowers which are arranged in arching circles. Its habitat is located at an altitude of some 2.100m in the subalpine zone of the Cañadas depression on Tenerife. It grows in any pure inorganic soil (e.g. crushed lava) and should be carefully watered, especially in winter. It requires the sunniest position throughout the year and a minimum of some 10°C in winter. It temporarily endures slight freezing down to -7°C if the inner rosette is sheltered from rain. A somewhat delicate plant for the connoisseur, however the low price makes it worth a try! An excellent plant for a frostfree greenhouse or cool wintergarden. USDA Climate Zone 8. IV-VI.
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| seed package (20 seeds)1539 | € 3,99* | ||
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| seed package (1,000 seeds)6525 | € 99,00 | ||
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