How to tend a Echium vulgare

Also known as: Echium anglicum Huds., Echium elegans Noë ex Nyman, Echium lacaitae Sennen, Echium laetum Salisb., Echium lusitanicum Georgi, Echium molle Pett., Echium monstrosum Schmidt ex Steud., Echium parviflorum St.-Lag., Echium schifferi Lange, Echium spinescens G.Klotz, Echium tenoreanum Lacaita, Echium tuberculatum Gilib., Echium vaudense Gremli, Echium violaceum Stokes, Echium vulgare f. albiflorum Ralph Hoffm., Echium vulgare var. grandiflorum Bertol., Echium vulgare var. lacaitae (Sennen) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Echium wierzbickii Haberle ex Rchb., Echium vulgare f. vulgare , Echium vulgare var. vulgare

Watering

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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