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Bearing an enormous tapering spike of delicate pink flowers, Echium 'Pink Fountain’ is a hybrid between red-flowered Echium wildpretii and blue-flowered Echium pininana. Biennial, it spends its first year growing an attractive rosette of large, grey-green leaves, before sending up its flower spike in its second, or even third year. Like all echiums, its blooms are a magnet for bees and other pollinators.
Grow Echium 'Pink Fountain' in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Be careful when handling as the sap can irritate the skin and all parts of the plant are toxic if eaten.
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Echium ‘Pink fountain’ and wildlife
Echium ‘Pink fountain’ is known for attracting bees, butterflies/moths and other pollinators. It has nectar/pollen rich flowers.
