Pride of Madeira, Echium Candicans – 1 Seedling about 4 inches – USA
Specifications
| Common Name | Pride of Madeira |
| Color | Blue, Green, Purple |
| Indoor/Outdoor | Outdoor |
| Growth Habit | Clumping |
| Brand | Home-Growth |
| Season Of Interest | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Type | Bush & Shrub Seeds |
| Life Cycle | Perennial |
| Genus | Echium |
| Sunlight | Full Sun, Medium Sun |
| Features | Evergreen, Flowering |
| Cultivating Difficulty | Easy |
| Country Of Origin | United States |
It grows as a 1 to 2 meter high shrub, usually with a candelabra-like growth habit. Many flowers and bracts are in a dense, narrow, elongated inflorescence, which reach 10 to 25, maximum 47 centimeters in length. They are colored blue or purple, and would appear from spring to summer. The calyx is 4 to 5 millimeters long, green in color without darker veins and hairy, with lanceolate, pointed calyx lobes. The corolla is blue to violet, often with a white stripe on each apex, the flower tube is 9 to 11 millimeters long, the apex is rounded or truncated at the end. The stamens are pink, the anthers whitish. The flower head is large and covered with white or blue flowers having red stamens. The flower head is much visited by bees and butterflies for its nectar.