Echium pininana (common names: Tree echium)

Very artistic!

Thanks for the photo. I needed to do a little stretching :)

It's like those new faces I've been learning about : ) lol

hi Bren
i would get them in the ground as soon as possible. full sun and well drained soil

How long does it take for them to grow this tall?

I saw sum of these @Eden Sandra the purple colour is Fab :)

Amazing size ... look like giant rockets.

these all selfseeded two or three years ago from two that i grew from seed. the first year they grow to about three foot. but they look tatty in the winter! and sometimes the take three years to flower. now hopefuly they will seed again!

What a stunning photo, well done Sandra you have done a really good job in that garden.Hel.xxx.

Lovely photo Sandra

Looks like something out of Dr Seuss.
Brilliant !

Woah! Triffid? Look out Jack!

brilliant photo

Very interesting!

Amazing.

Wow! A great photo.

Looks gr8 :-)

like the take. x

Me and my shadow! Brilliant picture Jack looks like a toddler compared to that plant! Hel.xxx.

Cut the dead flowers (if any) off during summer and prune back hard in autumn to keep its shape. These plants don't grow well in pots as their 2-3m high and 1-2m wide frame needs to be kept within a spacious garden bed.

Yes, very nice

Hi I don't mean to state the obvious but you are aware of the fact that echium pininana are bienniel and that they are meant to keel over and die in the second year, which is why they are so good at seeding themselves throughout people's gardens to such an extent that they become like a weed.

I hope this helped.

Thanks, but the plant in question is less than one year old. It hasn't flowered yet. It has just keeled over before it's time! I really don't know what's going on. The same thing happened last year. Any ideas?

Well before you start throwing your money at the problem by buying remidies and fertilisers and god knows what else, go through the fundementals, research the optimum growing conditions of Echium pininana, see if these growing conditions correspond to what you are subjeting it too. Assess the the soil, light, moisture content, wind exposure etc.

Ok let me know how you get on, I'm sure we can figure this out.

They are very top-heavey plants. Wind rock might be damageing the roots.

is the stem soft?

Amazing looking plants, they have such an architectural shape, very eye-catching !

Uh-oh... they come from the Canary Islands, Flcrazy...just a few miles east of you!... will we be seeing echium pininana in your tropical bed? I sure would give them a try if I were gardening in N.C. LOL!!!