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Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder' syn. Echium plantagineum 'Blue Bedder'

 

Viper's Bugloss 'Blue Bedder'

'Blue Bedder' Viper's-bugloss has brilliant blue flowers, loved by butterflies and bees with every flower thick with nectar. Echium flowers for months and makes a great cut flower. Growing to only 30cm tall, the plants of Echium 'Blue Bedder' are compact and bushy. They can be planted in containers, in the conservatory or on the patio.

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plant Features
  • Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Viper's Bugloss 'Blue Bedder'

Latin name

Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder' syn. Echium plantagineum 'Blue Bedder'

type

Biennial

family

Boraginaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder likes occasional watering

    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

The size of a fully grown Vipers Bugloss Blue Bedder is 0.20meters x 0.30meters 0.20 M 0.30 M

Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder' syn. Echium plantagineum 'Blue Bedder'

'Blue Bedder' Viper's-bugloss has brilliant blue flowers, loved by butterflies and bees with every flower thick with nectar. Echium flowers for months and makes a great cut flower. Growing to only 30cm tall, the plants of Echium 'Blue Bedder' are compact and bushy. They can be planted in containers, in the conservatory or on the patio.


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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