Echium / ˈ ɛ k i əm / [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 Europe to Central Asia, and the Macaronesian islands where the genus reaches its …

2024年6月24日 · Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans) is a sprawling shrub with purple flowers. Learn how to grow and care for it in your home garden.

2023年11月22日 · Echiums are related to borage and share similar characteristics, such as hairy stems and leaves, and nectar-rich flowers which are loved by pollinating insects. There are around 40 species of echium that grow across Europe and Asia.

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 be blue, purple, pink, red or white, and they provide colour in the summer months.

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 summer, atop sculptural and attractive rosettes of silvery-green, hairy leaves.

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 South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and parts of South America and the United States.

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 flowers from spring to summer. It grows 5 to 8 feet tall (1.5-2.5m).

Echium candicans, the 'Pride of Madeira', is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, and genus Echium, native to the island of Madeira. It is a large herbaceous perennial subshrub , growing to 1.5–2.5 m (4 ft 11 in – 8 ft 2 in).

Echium plants are popular in gardens and other spaces for their eye-catching flowers and unique growth style. Echium flowers also attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. This makes them excellent garden additions.

Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss and blueweed, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is native to most of Europe and western and central Asia [2] [3] and it occurs as an introduced species in north-eastern North America, south-western South America and the South and North Island of New Zealand.