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Echium candicans
Attractive blue inflorescences tapering to cones.. approx. 600mm each.. total plant height about 1.5 metres. The flowers seem to go through a change in colour from sky blue to almost purple. Leaves dense, narrow, furry, pointed.
Suburban garden.
A native of Canary Islands. This is on 'high-risk' weed alert in Victoria, Australia.
Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Oct 8, 2012
21 Comments
love the second picture
Like it.
here in Portugal the Echium vulgare(cousin of this one),is very common
i have many spottings of it
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/124...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/108...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/793...
Amazing!!
That is good
Thanks guys. I'm really falling in love with this plant - seeing a few more around at the moment and they are spectacular.
Beautiful colours, Argy. It looks so surreal...
great Argy,like Pouihi said,this it has a portuguese name:)
Thanks Shameer, pouihi, NatralList, sofi1, Ashish.
FANTASTIC FLOWERS!!!!
Great colours...
Thanks for the positives everyone. I was just reading about the honey Despina. Now I want to try some. I think I'll post some bees and see what happens...
~psychedelic~
I like it, I always liked it...I think it's amazing, and it's making really nice honey :)
Wow. High risk weed? Does that mean I could still have one in a pot? It's gorgeous, and the bee makes for a beautiful shot.
Beautiful...they need to be saved.
These flowers are amazing!!!!!
Thanks everyone for comments and suggestions. NatralList.. it looks correct thanks. Wow so here it's on 'high risk' weed alert - now I've got something to discuss with the neighbour. Sure is an attractive weed. Lars... you are welcome to sit in the neighbours garden any time you like.
Wow thte bee in there is SUCH a nice touch!
Looks like a type of Lupine
Awesome Argy - I never had one, but this is how I imagine an LSD trip :D