Echium pininana

Echium Pininana

Long exotic border at Felbrigg Hall Walled Garden in Norfolk with Echium pinin... Image:0553348 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

*Information only* No wonder this is called Giant Viper ! Echium pinnifolium (Echium pininana) is undeniably an eye stopper, a magnificent inflor

A very impressive Echium species, Echium pininana (Tower of Jewels) is a biennial or short-lived perennial bearing thousands of terminal blue or white flowers in massive, conical spires reaching for the sky. In its first year, it forms a large basal rosette, up to 3 ft. across (90 cm), of lance-shaped, silver-hairy leaves. Then its second year, it sends up a huge spike packed with flowers in summer. Resembling missiles ready to launch, they are extremely attractive to bees. After flowering…

At over 5m tall, this giant of the plant world is fast becoming a British gardeners’ favourite.

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Plant profile of Echium pininana on gardenersworld.com

Echium pininana, seen for the first time at Chelsea Physic Garden in Atlantic Islands Border. In general, Echium belong to herbaceous or shrubby plants, annual, biennial or perennial, distributed in Europe, Western Asia, and northern Africa. #Echiumpininana #Echium #giantvipersbugloss #towerofjewels #treeechium #pineechium #bee #bees #bumblebee #bumblebees #blueflower #blueflowers #plantdesign #flower_igers #summerflowers #fiori #flowers #flower #garden #giardino #giardinaggio