Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'
Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder'
Short spikes of bright blue flowers in summer. Very attractive to pollinators. Annual/biennial
Size
£ 2.80
In stock - Qty
11
100% Peat Free
Description
This is a shorter, bushier form of the wild viper's bugloss which usually flowers in the first season after sowing. Small seed stock available, collected from our own plants.
At A Glance
| Common Name | Viper's bugloss 'Blue Bedder' |
| Type | |
| Height | 0 to 30cm,30cm to 60cm |
| Colour | blue |
| Spread Rate | |
| Flowering | mid summer,early summer,late summer |
| Soil Type | drained,dry |
| Aspect | sun |
| Pollination | Attractive to pollinators |
Sue's Notes
Sow seed in early spring in situ or in pots/trays. Plant out while quite small as it needs to produce a deep tap root. Needs dry, sunny conditions to thrive.