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iankestrey

Used to work in horticulture (Wakehurst Place). Now in Leeds, it's my passion! Contending with Yorkshire weather and a huge oak tree!

Echium pininana syn. Echium pinnifolium

  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2020
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iankestrey

....here's both of them...TOWER of Jewels is a pretty apt name!

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  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2020
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iankestrey

You can just about make out the top, against the oak tree; closest I could get...its over 15 foot tall!!

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juliesgarden

Blimey ..that’s huge !

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iankestrey

These were self-seeded from the year before last...there's a second monster, out of shot to the left. Both white...I was hoping for at least one to be blue-flowered, but still love 'em.

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  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2017
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iankestrey

White form of Echium pininana called 'Snow Tower'....it's now at almost 3.5m!!!

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brighton

Ah that's fab, I lost mine to frost even tho I fleeced it

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