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Echium pininana 'Blue Tower' / 'Blue Steeple'

Echium pininana 'Blue Tower' / 'Blue Steeple'

Echium pininana 'Blue Tower' / 'Blue Steeple'

Product number: 586500
Origin: Canary Islands
Latin: Echium pininana

One of the most wonderful plants! In its first or second year, the plant forms a rosette of coarse leaves on a thickening woody stem, somewhat like a palm. The following spring (protect from severe frost), the plant will grow and grow and grow from this centre... (stems of over 4m are known to us!) Thousands of blue flowers cover the stem, bees happy, you proud, passers-by amazed!

Denominations:
Latin: Echium pininana
Dutch: Reuzeslangenkruid
English: Giant Viper's Bugloss

Sowing method: Sow year-round in a seed tray, first give 2-4 weeks of warmth (18-22°C), then a cold period in, for example, the refrigerator (+4°C) for 4-6 weeks, then slowly warm up to room temperature again, after which germination will follow. Sowing directly into the garden is also possible; in that case, simply let it overwinter, and germination will occur in spring.

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