#echium pininana

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Echium Pininana (Blue Steeple) | Devil’s Slide Trail | 35mm

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Missouri Botanical Garden 3/4/24 by Sharon Mollerus

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Plant of the Day

Sunday 7 April 2024

In this sunny, sheltered courtyard the biennial Echium pininana (giant viper's bugloss) was getting ready to flower. This plant from the Canary Islands forms a low rosette of silver, hairy leaves in the first year, and then in the second year it sends up a huge spike covered with small blue flowers.

Jill Raggett

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Echium

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Echium pininana. May 2021.

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Alley of tree echiums (Echium pininana), Cotentin, France.  Cyanotype on Arches Platine, 26 x 33 cm - Ferric series

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Happy #pride🌈 , y’all! ❤️ Papaver rhoeas 🧡 Isoplexis canariensis Lobelia excelsa 💛 Aloe striatula Grindelia hirsutula 💚 Axis lawn edge (Cornus capitata, Eutrochium purpureum, Hydrangea aspera, Gunnera tinctoria) 💙 Puya alpestris 💜 Passiflora violacea 'Eynsford Gem' Echium pininana Iris ensata 🌈 #sfbotanicalgarden #pridemonth #pride #pride2021 (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQo6DVMAxE7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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My May 2020 In Pictures - Flowers. (Click on a picture for a close-up & see descriptions 1-10 below.)

1. Saturday 23rd May 2020 at 10:08.  Roses, Mousehole Lane, Hythe, Hampshire.

2. Saturday 23rd May 2020 at 10:16.  Peony (Paeonia), Hythe, Hampshire.

3. Saturday 23rd May 2020 at 10:18.  Ornamental onion (Allium), New Road, Hythe, Hampshire.

4. Saturday 23rd May 2020 at 10:21.  Rose, The Grove Garden, Hythe, Hampshire.

5. Monday 25th May 2020 at 09:11.  Fleabane/beach aster/seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus ‘Sea Breeze’), Hythe, Hampshire.

6. Monday 25th May 2020 at 09:46.  Giant tree echium/giant viper’s bugloss (Echium pininana), New Road, Hythe, Hampshire.

7. Wednesday 27th May 2020 at 08:35.  Roses, The Grove Garden, Hythe, Hampshire.

8. Friday 29th May 2020 at 07:40.  Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), St John’s Churchyard, Hythe, Hampshire.  Channelling Edward Steichen.

9. Friday 29th May 2020 at 07:47.  Roses, Hythe, Hampshire.

10. Saturday 30th May 2020 at 09:53.  The poppy and the bee, St John’s Churchyard, Hythe, Hampshire.

To read about My May 2020 In Pictures - Flowers, click on the link:-http://susanvale.blogspot.com/2020/06/my-may-2020-in-pictures-flowers.html

To read about Peonies (Paeonia), click on the link below:-https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/popular/peony

To read about Ornamental onions (Allium), click on the link below:-https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/popular/allium

To read about Fleabane (Erigeron glaucus), click on the link below:-https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/150286/Erigeron-glaucus-Sea-Breeze/Details

To read about the Giant tree echium (Echium pininana), click on the link:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_pininana

To read about Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea), click on the link:-https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/foxglove/

To read about Edward Steichen, click on the link below:-https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/edward-steichen?all/all/all/all/0

To read about Hythe, Hampshire, click on the link below:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe,_Hampshire

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If you have a milder coastal garden, at 4 metres tall ‘Echium Pininana’ from the Canary islands is a real show stopper! http://www.planedengardendesign.ie 

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echium pininana

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SwimRun amongst the palms

Leg 2

Days 7-8

Sat - Sun 9- 10th June 2018

Tresco, Isles of Scilly

The next day we decided to set off across St Mary’s Sound to New Grimsby Sound between Tresco and Bryher. It is reputed to have some of the best shelter in the islands though nowhere covers all wind directions. To get there we had to do a zig zag course dodging underwater rocks guided by our Pilot book mate Mark “belt and braces” Fishwick. All went well missing such great named reefs as Little Rag Ledge and the Chinks (good name for a band?).

We walked round the southern end of the island skirting the famous Abbey gardens saving that treat for the next day. However sampled more tea and cake at the Ruin Beach Cafe and enjoyed more fabulous views over white sand to numerous rocks and islands.

On Sunday we had planned for it to be seriously botanical making the most of the steep entry cost of the gardens. However Otillo SwimRun fever had hit the island and we decided to give in and go with it. So with two bikes hired we were equipped to chase the runners as they emerged like Neptunes from the sea and hared off across the dunes. It was great fun and we soon had our favourites (brothers of a girl we found ourselves next to). We had no sooner seen them swim over to Bryher than they were back on Tresco and flying round it’s perimeter. So it was off once again to the Ruin where they had an “energy” station (food and drink) before plunging madly back into the sea to swim off to further islands.

Great fun and atmosphere and “our” guys were placed 5th when we last saw them (out of 140 pairs).

So after that botanicals called and we chilled off wandering round the astonishing Tresco Abbey Gardens. With the climate here being so mild (Gulf Stream and all that) almost anything seems to grow. So there are all sorts of palms, New Zealand Tree Ferns in profusion, Protea from South Africa with flowers eight inches across plus huge Echium pininana from the Canaries. I bought some seeds of the latter. It grows 6 metre tall flowers here but we’ll see in Cheshire! All of this laid out in terraces up the side of a hill interspersed with sculptures,pools and summer houses. Lovely.

Tomorrow wind due to increase from North so after a morning on Bryher we plan a shift of anchorage and head off to St Agnes. I think we’re going to like her.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 25 October 2020

Too late for flowers on the Echium pininana (giant viper's bugloss, tower of jewels) just the old flower spikes remain but the rosettes of foliage are forming striking features around the garden of Lip na Cloiche garden on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This biennial or short-lived perennial from the Canary Islands will produce a towering spike of small blue flowers in a sunny, sheltered garden, and is very popular with the local bees.

Jill Raggett

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Fallen Echium pininana flower stem, continuing its growth vertically.  May 2021.

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Community effort makes RHS Chatsworth entry possible

Robert Woodhead Ltd has joined forces with gardening experts, Echium World, to bring to life an exciting exhibit for the Royal Horticultural Show (RHS) at Chatsworth this June.

Woodhead was approached by Linda and Ray Heywood who use the Woodhead-owned business centre, Edwinstowe House, as the base for their Echium show garden. They were looking for help to construct a volcanic ‘caldera’ structure to realise their vision for their entry in to next month’s RHS Chatsworth Show.

The exciting project saw Echium World and Woodhead team up with schools, apprentices and a community craft group to bring the project to life. They’ve even put together a video to tell the story so far: https://youtu.be/W7M9k18Cdfk.

Having won a silver medal at RHS Hampton Court Flower show last year, Linda and Ray Heywood are going for Gold at Chatsworth. Linda said: “We had ambitious plans for our display and wanted to show these amazing plants at their best. But we’re not construction specialists, we’re gardeners. To have Woodhead’s support, and to work with them and the local community groups who have joined us, has been a real boost to the project.”

But, why a volcano? Linda continues: “We were inspired to showcase Echium in this way due to their ordinary natural habitat. Many varieties grow on slopes, in valleys and forest regions on the Canary Islands. Echium pininana, E. wildpretii and E. simplex, grow in the shadow of the active volcano Mount Teide in Tenerife. The exhibit represents a volcanic caldera.”

A team of Robert Woodhead Ltd apprentices working on the nearby New Bolsover Model Village project, took charge of building the structure, which creates the shape of the volcanic caldera. They’ve been supported by the pupils and staff at King Edwin Primary School in Edwinstowe, and the Heritage Crafts Group in New Bolsover, who have worked hard to design the side panels, which will form the outside of the volcano.

Linda added: “We feel this concept provides a stimulating communication tool, engaging people of all ages in learning about Echium, gardening, pollinators and nature. We are particularly keen to thank pupils and staff of King Edwin Primary School and the Heritage Crafts Group at New Bolsover Model Village for the art and design work displayed. And of course, many thanks to the team at Woodhead for sponsoring and constructing the exhibit, and for the partnership working, which turned our ‘Echium Eruption’ vision into a reality.”

Echium World will be displaying its ‘Echium Eruption’ exhibit at the RHS Chatsworth show in Derbyshire, from the 7 to 11 June, for the first time ever this year. To find out more, why not visit the show and go to see Linda and Ray, who will be exhibiting all week in the Floral Marquee.

Katie Stammers, Robert Woodhead Limited’s project manager for the New Bolsover Model Village project, said: “We’re delighted to have been able to work together with Echium World, our local primary school and the New Bolsover residents to help the team showcase these phenomenal plants, which we’re very lucky to appreciate every day in the garden at Edwinstowe House. We wish Linda and Ray lots of luck for the show in a few weeks time.”

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Wow, it’s been hot in San Francisco. It’s supposed to cool down from here on out, the Garden is coming into it’s summer form with flowers and lush foliage everywhere, and beckoning you to visit, relax, pack a picnic, and enjoy! • (1) Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), tree echium (Echium pininana), and much more are bursting with color in the Mediterranean collection. • (2-4) Textures in the Australian Garden are especially exuberant and the blue flowers and fruits of Dianella, massive red Doryanthes inflorescence, several Banksia in flower, and the fun Derwentia perfoliata flowers all add further interest. • (5-9) Fascinating shapes and colors of Eryngium paniculatum blooming en masse, Puya venusta and yet another Puya alpestris inflorescence (!!!) with Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis) background, and the aptly named orange-ball-tree (Buddleja globosa) are all looking lovey in the Chile collection. • (10) Dogwoods in the Temperate Asia collection as well as Camellia and Moon Viewing Gardens are offering their classic beauty in full flower now. • #sfbotanicalgarden #summerflowers #heatwave (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byjm7WQAw_t/?igshid=1uyjhhx4i20oz