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Echium candicans x pininana 'Cobalt Towers'

 
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Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium (EK-ee-um) (Info)
Species: candicans x pininana
Cultivar: Cobalt Towers
Hybridized by Burton; Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003

Category:
Perennials

Height:
8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)

Spacing:
4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Full Sun

Danger:
Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Color:
Blue-Violet

Bloom Time:
Late Winter/Early Spring

Foliage:
Grown for foliage
Silver/Gray
Velvet/Fuzzy-Textured

Other details:
Unknown - Tell us

Soil pH requirements:
Unknown - Tell us

Patent Information:
Unknown - Tell us

Propagation Methods:
From semi-hardwood cuttings

Seed Collecting:
Unknown - Tell us

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By garygardener
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1 positive
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Gardeners' Notes:

RatingAuthorComment
Positive garygardener On Dec 23, 2010, garygardener from Nowra
Australia (Zone 10a) wrote:

Planted from an 8 inch pot in winter 2009, this has flowered for the first time this spring ( Sept 2010) with good natural branching occuring before the flower spikes intiated. Was spectacular for 2 months, now ready to cut back to see if i can get another season from it. As this is a hybrid i am uncertain, until i examine the flower spike closely, if it has set viable seed. This is a true clone of the original NZ selection, propagated by tissue culture.



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