Echium Species, Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)





Echium or Pride of Madera

Pride of Madeira getting ready to bloom. Planted as a 1 gallon can about 3 years ago, it is now about 12' x 6' x 4'high

Blooming in Santa Barbara, California early march (about 2 weeks before mine bloom- more perfect climate there)

March 27, 2004 - Two weeks since the last image was taken, now blooming. This is ONE plant.

March 27, 2004



A year and a half old "Pride of Maderia", Echium candicans

Seen in Monterey, CA 20060326

Single Echium stalk - Morro Bay

Hillside on Mullholland Dr. Los Angeles, California very end of April

Los Angeles hillside end of April 06

hillside in Los Angeles, California end of April

plants growing along the side of the road, Los Angeles, CA April

typical activity around flowers in southern CAlifornia, end of April

mid spring flowers along road side in Los Angeles, California (end of April)

spring scene along roadside in Los Angeles, end of April

Flowers open from the bottom to the top.

foreground shows variety of nearly pure white, to very pale lavendar, April, southern California

more of the pale variety, southern California

Our young plant grown from seedling three yr old in Oamaru New Zealand

On a sunny hillslope, well drained clay soil in temperite South Australia. An exotic, uncomplicated, perfect companion plant.

Echiums growing in the windswept shadow of The Golden Gate Bridge.


NW Corner of Via de la Valle & Solana Circle, Solana Beach (across from the Del Mar Racetrack)

Seen on Mount Soledad, San Diego


@ the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

@ the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden


Spontaneous variegation - Cutting from standard E. candicans

Crested branch on Echium candicans

With Psoralea pinnata. In Santa Cruz.

In Santa Cruz. With a robust planting of Psoralea pinnata.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

In Half Moon Bay, California.

Pride of Madeira, first bloom, two years old, Davis, California

Bees getting nectar (photo by Josh Zelder), Davis, CA

Pride of Madeira, Santa' Barbara, 2014

Photo courtesy of Ferd Bergholz. Copyright of Ferd Bergholz of Scotts Valley, California.

Blue color

Golden Gate Bridge. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/

Photo by Velela, Bank's Peninsula, New Zealand, (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license)

Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, Madeira island, Portugal (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike & GNU Free Documentation License)

La Jolla Shores. Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California.
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Echium Species, Pride of Madeira
Echium candicans
Type: | Tropicals and Tender Perennials |
Height: | 6-8 ft. (1.8-2.4 m) |
Conditions: | Zone 9-10, Full Sun |