NAME:  Pride of Madeira

SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Echium Candicans syn. Echium Fastuosum

COLOR:  Blue

PLANT SEEDS:  When soil temp warms to 70F

BLOOM TIME:  Spring - Summer

HARDINESS ZONE:  9 - 11

PLANT HEIGHT:  6 - 8'

PLANT SPACING:  4 - 6'

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Sun

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES:  Average - Dry

QUANTITY:  50 Seeds

OTHER:  Pride of Madeira is an evergreen sub-shrub native to the island of Madeira Portugal, near Morocco. The beautiful yet tough plants are able to tolerate drought, rocky soil, & coastal conditions. They are also deer resistant. It has won a Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

The flowers are very ornamental, blooming on huge 2' long spikes. The flowers are blue with red stamens, which gives it a fuzzy blue-violet look. Pride of Madeira’s flowers produce large amounts of nectar for bees including honey bees, & butterflies.