How to tend a Echium plantagineum
Also known as: Echium alonsoi Sennen & Mauricio, Echium bonariense Poir., Echium creticum subsp. plantagineum (L.) Malag., Echium diffusum Jan ex Nyman, Echium longistamineum Pourr. ex Lapeyr., Echium lycopsis L., Echium murale Hill, Echium orientale Steph., Echium plantagineum var. alba Mattos, Echium plantagineum var. monodasystemon Beauverd & Felipp., Echium plantaginifolium L. ex Moris, Echium plantaginoides Roem. & Schult., Echium pseudoviolaceum Schur, Echium sennenii Pau, Echium violaceum L., Echium violaceum var. medium Kuntze, Echium maritimum Guirao ex Willk. & Lange
Log in to add this plantWatering
Water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Like sunshine, resistant to half shade
Soil
Sandy loam
Fertilizer
Apply enough base fertilizers
Pruning
Remove dead and diseased branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Europe
- Category
- Boraginaceae, Echium
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 20-30 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period July, fruiting period September
- Flower colors
- blue, purplepink, white
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