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Echium fastuosum | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Echium fastuosum

Echium fastuosum

Pollinator Friendly

Genus: Echium
Family: Boraginaceae

About this plant

E. fastuosum is an evergreen biennial or short lived perennial producing rosettes of lance-shaped, prominently veined, 20cm long leaves with soft, white hairs. Upright, leafy, flowering stems reach up to 2.5m, topped with cylindrical flowerheads densely packed with white, blueish-white, or deep purple-blue flowers, mainly in spring and summer

Growing Information

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

H1C

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

Loam

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow under glass in loam-based potting compost in full light, or overwinter rosettes in a frost-free greenhouse and move outdoors in summer

Pruning

Remove spent flower spikes

Propagation

Propagate by seed

Pests

Glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite may be a problem under glass

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Low MaintenancePatio ContainerArchitectural

Planting Places

Conservatory

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Climbing

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years