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viper's bugloss 'Blue Bedder' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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viper's bugloss 'Blue Bedder'

Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'

★ RHS AGMPollinator Friendly

Genus: Echium
Family: Boraginaceae

About this plant

'Blue Bedder' is a vigorous cultivar, at 45cm it is rather shorter than the species, multi-branched, with short, crowded spikes of violet-blue flowers, magenta flushed when fading, and pink buds. Very attractive to pollinating insects

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayLoamSandy

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

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

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow outdoors in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun

Pruning

None required but flowering can be extended to four months if plants are deadheaded

Propagation

Propagate by seed outdoors at 13-16°C (41-45°F), in late summer and overwinter as seedlings

Pests

Slugs and snails may damage young growth

Diseases

Usually trouble free

Garden Uses

Uses

Wildflower MeadowFlower BordersGround CoverHedging ScreensRock GardenLow Maintenance

Planting Places

OutdoorGreenhouse

Season of Interest

SpringSummer

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Two To Five Years