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Echium pininana 'Alba'
Tree Echium, Pine Echium, Giant Viper's Bugloss, Echium pininana 'Snowtower', Echium 'Snow Tower',
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Quick Overview
  • Monocarpic biennial
  • Stunning rosettes of exotic foliage
  • Giant flower spike 4 - 5 metres high
  • Thousands of tiny white flowers irresistible to bees
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Echium pininana 'Alba', is the white-flowering form of the Giant Tree Echium. A truly magnificent plant with wide silvery-green leaves foliage and - in its second year - an enormous raceme, typically 3-5 metres high, covered with masses of white flowers that the bees go absolutely mad for.

It really doesn't like being transplanted and it will sulk for several days with the leaves going limp. It is important to keep it very well watered at this time and cut off any lower leaves that turn yellow to reduce transpiration loss. Choose a period of time when the days are cool and cloudy to transplant and do it towards the end of the day. As long as it is well watered it will recover. Once growing again it will quickly send out new leaves followed by its enormous flower spike. The flower colour on these are somewhat variable as they are obviously raised from seed and tend to vary from white to very pale blue.


Additional Information

Order Boraginales
Family Boraginaceae
Sub-Family Boraginoideae
Synonyms Echium pininana 'Snowtower'
Geographical Origin Canary Islands
Cultivation Full Sun. Keep it watered, it will wilt and sulk if neglected. A biennial, sometimes a triennial, the main challenge is getting it through periods of sub-zero temperatures in the winter
Eventual Height 4-5 m
Eventual Spread 1 m
Hardiness Cold tolerant but not fully hardy
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Echium pininana 'Alba'
Tree Echium, Pine Echium, Giant Viper's Bugloss, Echium pininana 'Snowtower', Echium 'Snow Tower',
Size
3L pots
Regular Price £11.99 Special Price £9.99
  • Buy 2 for £8.99 each and save 10%
  • Buy 4 for £7.99 each and save 20%
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