Rogers Trees and Shrubs - Echium leucophaeum Tree


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Echium leucophaeum. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

Ref No: 15915
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size: Average shrubs

leaf type: Simple leaves

flowering period: Spring

leaf colour: Leaves green

plants for a purpose: Trees and shrubs with decorative white flowers

growing conditions: Drought tolerant plants

Echium leucophaeum Webb ex Spr. & Hutch. A rounded shrub with linear-lanceolate leaves and rather flat heads of white flowers, native of Tenerife, growing on cliffs and dry rocky places at 300–600m, flowering in March–May. Shrub to 2m high and wide. Leaves with short stiff hairs, but few or no marginal spines, less than 1.5cm wide. Inflorescence branched at the base. Needs sun and well-drained soil. Min. 0°C. Seen here in the nursery of Dino Pellizaro, S France.

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