Echium russicum
Red-flowered Viper's Bugloss
Red-flowered Viper's Bugloss is a slender plant with white-hairy leaves, and bearing attractive 30cm spikes of bright dark red or crimson flowers with long-protruding red filaments. Ideal for the front of borders and, although often thought of as a biennial, it will often become a short-lived perennial in perfect conditions.
Contributed by @richard.spicer.7906
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Light and free draining
Common name
Red-flowered Viper's Bugloss
Latin name
Echium russicum
type
Biennial
family
Boraginaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.60 M
Echium russicum
Red-flowered Viper's Bugloss is a slender plant with white-hairy leaves, and bearing attractive 30cm spikes of bright dark red or crimson flowers with long-protruding red filaments. Ideal for the front of borders and, although often thought of as a biennial, it will often become a short-lived perennial in perfect conditions.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Flowers appear on established plants from early summer through to late summer.
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Present pot grown young plants to their flowering site in early spring when temperatures exceed 10C.
Propogation by seed
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Sow the seeds in flowering site in early spring or under glass in autumn, thinning out the seedlings in spring.
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