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 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.

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