Dramatic and hardy, with sensational floral spikes, they deliver when the weather heats up Britain’s deep-rooted love of gardening withered somewhat under last summer’s prolonged and record-breaking ...

John Philips, 68, planted the seed two years ago and it flowered for the first time earlier this year. The Echium Pininana, which is also known as the Blue Steeple Tower of Jewels, is often found in ...

Christiano the Echium could be the tallest of its kind in Wales. The flowering plant resides in the glass house of the Botanic Gardens of Wales, Carmarthenshire. It is believed the Echium Pininana, ...

For a short time only, Vancouver's Bloedel Conservatory is home to a stand of endangered tree echium, or snow tower flower. The plants, native to the Canary Islands, have a two-year lifespan ...

A tree surgeon has grown a whopping great big 18-foot Echium plant in his front garden - and it could be the tallest of its kind in the UK. Plant lover Darren Wilson, who lives in Saltash, has been ...

ORIGIN: La Palma, Canary Islands. HABIT: Towering erect form up to 4 metres tall. Small bell-shaped blue/purple flowers that attract bees and other pollinating insects. FEATURES: Biennial plant.

Essex farmer Andrew Fairs’ echium crop – now in full flower – depends solely on natural pollinators. Andrew is co-director at Fairking Ltd, at Great Tey, Colchester, which specialises in growing a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Echium pininana is one of the true giants of the herbaceous plant world. Once seen, these tottering towers of coarse ...

You may not have heard of them but if you're a fan the exotic, dramatic and downright tall, you can't beat the Echium family. Our native variety, E. vulgare, (viper’s bugloss), is loved by bees but ...

A pensioner in Cornwall has grown what is thought to be Britain's biggest ever echium plant. John Richards, 80, started planting the species 20 years ago after falling in love with them while ...