By Evan
antrim,
United Kingdom 
Can anyone identify this plant.I believe it grows to approx. 8 feet and has blue flowers?
17 Nov, 2009
Answers
Thank you!
17 Nov, 2009
Looks like cannabis,if thats your neighbours fence and they are growing it,i would ask for a puff.?[only joking]
17 Nov, 2009
Tsk, tsk, Woody! ;-)
17 Nov, 2009
It's most definitely not cannabis ...
17 Nov, 2009
Not entirely hardy thou. It is in Cornwall area but not 100% anywhere else in UK although may be ok where you are!
17 Nov, 2009
as long as it is sheltered it will grow in east yorkshire. there are some lovely examples at Burton Agnes, in the walled garden.
17 Nov, 2009
I had half a dozen of these growing a couple of years ago. They survived the winters wrapped in fleece, until the winter of their third year. The last winter last year killed them off.
They can take two to three years to flower and are a magnet for bees, hover flies and all manner of other insects.
19 Nov, 2009
they are fantastic plants i wish i could grow them.
19 Nov, 2009
Yes - I reckon that's an Echium pininana. :-) Definitely a very tall plant!
17 Nov, 2009