Echium includes a variety of forms such as annuals, biennials, evergreen perennials, and shrubs. The plants feature simple leaves that are coarsely hairy. In summer, they produce funnel-shaped flowers that appear in either panicles or dense spikes.

Echium

Echium 'Blue Steeple' is a biennial species that develops a rosette of coarse, lanceolate leaves measuring up to 60 cm in diameter during its first two years. In its third year, it produces an impressive flower spike that can reach heights of 4 meters, adorned with a multitude of small purple-blue blossoms that attract numerous bees.

Echium 'Blue Steeple'

Echium 'Little Bells Mixed'

Echium 'Pearce's Grey'

'Echium 'Pink Fountain' is a biennial or short-lived perennial that develops a rosette of lanceolate, hairy, grey-green foliage. From each rosette, a tall, slender spike emerges, reaching heights of up to 4 meters, adorned with pink flowers during the summer months.

Echium 'Pink Fountain'

Echium 'Pink Phantom'

Echium 'Red Rocket'

Echium acanthocarpum

Echium aculeatum

Echium aculeatum 'Bicolor'

Echium aculeatum 'Rosea'

Echium albicans

Echium amoenum is an evergreen biennial or short-lived perennial that develops a compact rosette of narrow, bristly leaves in a deep green hue. From late spring through to frost, it produces upright stems ranging from 20cm to 40cm in height, which bear clusters of bell-shaped blooms that start as red and gradually transition to shades of pink or purple.

Echium amoenum

Echium angustifolium Mill.

Echium asperrimum

Echium auberianum

Echium bethencourtianum

Echium bifrons DC.

Echium boissieri

Echium brevirame

Echium callithyrsum

Echium candicans is a robust perennial sub-shrub characterized by its grey-felted, lanceolate foliage. In spring and summer, it produces dense, spike-like clusters of flowers that can range from white to pale or deep blue.

Echium candicans

Echium candicans 'Ciel'

Echium candicans 'Death Star' (v)

Echium candicans 'Dwarf Blue'

Echium candicans 'Marine'

Echium candicans 'Rouge'

Echium decaisnei

Echium decaisnei subsp. decaisnei

Echium famarae

Echium fastuosum J. Jacq.

Echium flavum

Echium fontanesii DC.

Echium from Greece

Echium gentianoides is an evergreen shrub that typically reaches a height of around 90 cm. It features smooth, blue-green foliage. In late spring and early summer, it produces large clusters of vivid blue, bell-shaped blossoms.

Echium gentianoides

Echium gentianoides 'Dark Globe'

Echium gentianoides 'Maryvonne'

Echium gentianoides 'Pablina'

Echium giganteum

Echium handiense

Echium hierrense

Echium hypertropicum

Echium italicum

Echium lusitanicum

Echium lusitanicum subsp. lusitanicum

Echium lusitanicum subsp. polycaulon

Echium maritimum Willd.

Echium nebrum

Echium nervosum

Echium onosmaefolium Webb

Echium onosmifolium

Echium parviflorum

Echium pininana is a biennial or short-lived perennial that develops a rosette of long, lanceolate leaves, which can reach lengths of up to 1 meter and are covered in a rough, silver-hairy texture. In mid to late summer, each rosette produces a tall flower panicle that can extend up to 4 meters, featuring funnel-shaped blue blossoms accompanied by prominent bracts.

Echium pininana

Echium pininana 'Snow Tower' is a biennial plant that develops a rosette of coarse, lanceolate leaves, reaching up to 60 cm in diameter during its first two years. In its third summer, it produces an impressive flower spike that can grow to 3 meters tall, adorned with numerous small white flowers that attract bees in abundance.

Echium pininana 'Snow Tower'

Echium plantagineum is a hairy-leaved annual or biennial that can reach up to 75 cm in height, commonly found in the wild across south-west England. During the summer months, it generates funnel-shaped flowers in shades of purple, which develop from pink buds.

Echium plantagineum

Echium planum 'Blue Glitter'

Echium planum 'Blue Hobbit'

Echium rossicum

Echium rosulatum

Echium sabulicola

Echium sericeum Vahl

Echium simplex is a biennial or triennial species that develops a rosette of silvery foliage, reaching up to 50 cm in diameter. During its second or third summer, it produces a tall flower spike that can grow to 1.8 meters. This spike is densely adorned with numerous small white flowers, which attract a variety of bees.

Echium simplex

Echium sordidum

Echium strictum

Echium sventenii

Echium tuberculatum is a rosette-forming perennial that typically reaches heights of up to 70 cm. Its stems and coarse leaves are lightly adorned with stiff hairs. During the summer months, this plant produces an abundance of deep pink, funnel-shaped blooms.

Echium tuberculatum

Echium virescens

Echium virescens blue-flowered

Echium vulcanorum

Echium vulgare is a robust biennial that can reach heights of up to 90 cm. It features lanceolate leaves covered in bristly hairs, and in early summer, it produces dense, cylindrical clusters of bell-shaped flowers in a violet-blue hue.

Echium vulgare

This robust variety reaches a height of 45 cm, making it more compact than the typical species. It features multiple branches and has dense clusters of violet-blue blooms that turn magenta as they age, accompanied by pink buds. It serves as a valuable resource for pollinators.

Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'

Echium vulgare 'Devil's Blood'

Echium vulgare 'Pink Bedder'

Echium vulgare 'White Bedder'

Echium vulgare Drake's form

Echium vulgare dwarf hybrids

Echium vulgare from Armenia

Echium webbii is an evergreen shrub that can reach a height of approximately 1.2 meters, though it is frequently cultivated as a biennial. The plant features upright stems covered in lanceolate leaves that exhibit a silvery, dark green hue. During late spring and summer, it produces a compact spike of blue, bell-shaped blooms adorned with pink stamens.

Echium webbii

Echium wildpretii is a biennial plant that can reach heights of up to 2 meters. It features slender, silvery-hairy foliage and produces an elongated cluster of small red blooms during early summer. This species is characterized by its upright, unbranched growth habit.