Common names:
Tree Echium
Tower of Jewels
Pride of Tenerife
Tajinaste
Taginaste
Giant Viper's bugloss
Pine echium

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Tree
Life cycle:Perennial
Sun Requirements:Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences:Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 6a
Flowers:Nocturnal
Flower Color:Yellow
Flower Size:Over 12"
Flower Time:Late winter and early spring
Spring
Inflorescence Type:Spike
Underground structures:Tuber
Wildlife Attractant:Bees
Butterflies
Resistances:Tolerates foot traffic
Propagation: Seeds:Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods:Other
Conservation status:Endangered (EN)

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Discussion Threads about this plant
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Echium by jmorth May 15, 2014 12:13 AM 6
Duplicate by DaylilySLP Jul 15, 2019 10:34 AM 3

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