How To Grow Echium Plant Species: Care, Propagation and More
What is Echum? The Echium plant, or Echiums, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. The genus consists of around 70 different species and subspecies of annuals,
Boraginaceae Archives
Boraginaceae [boh-raj-i-nay’-see- ee] – The Borage family is a group of widely distributed plants often grown as potted herbs.
Some are grown for their ornamental foliage and sometimes for their small and often bright flowers.
Most are herbs, a few are woody, some herbaceous types bear the lots of small flowers on one side of a short spike, which, at first rolled up, straightens as the flowers develop.
Those grown for ornamental value include:
- Echium
- Heliotropum
- Borago
- Onosmodium
- Myosotis (Forget-me-not)
- Mertensia (Virginia-bluebells)
How To Grow Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica (mer-TEN-see-uh vir-JIN-ih-kuh) is a wildflower that grows freely in the flood plains and rich woodlands of eastern North America. It’s a native plant found growing in areas ranging
How To Care For Tower Of Jewels
Echium wildpretii [EK-ee-um, wild-PRET-ee-eye] is a biennial flowering plant with tall rosettes of leaves and colorful inflorescences. This Echium plant is native to the Canary Islands, where it thrives in
Chinese Forget Me Not Care: How To Grow Cynoglossum Amabile
Cynoglossum amabile [SIGH-no-gloss-um, a-MAH-bih-lee] are charming blue flowers painting the garden in eye-catching color. Cynoglossum is part of the Boraginaceae family, along with the Baby Blue Eyes flower (Nemophila) and Brunnera. The two
Lithodora Diffusa Care: Learn How To Grow Lithodora Plants
Lithodora diffusa [li-tho-do-ra] belongs to the Boraginaceae family of flowering plants and is native to the southwestern regions of Europe, including southern Greece, Algeria and Turkey, and Northwestern France. The
Pride Of Madeira Care: Learning To Grow Echium Candicans
The conical flower spikes of the Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans) are something straight of a fairy tale. It’s easy to imagine the subshrubs planted in a magical garden where
Pulmonaria Angustifolia Plant Care: How To Grow The Lungwort
Pulmonaria angustifolia [pul-muh-NARE-ee-ah, an-gus-tee-FOH-lee-uh] is a low-growing perennial plant and member of the pulmonaria genus. It belongs to the Boraginaceae family, which includes over 2,000 known species. The plant is
Heliotropium Arborescens Care: Learn To Grow Heliotrope Plants
Heliotropium arborescens [hee-lee-oh-TROH-pee] [ar-bo-RES-senz] is a species of flowering plants from the family Boraginaceae along with the Nemophila baby blue eyes flower and Echium Pride of Madeira. It is native
Baby Blue Eyes Flower Care: Growing The Nemophila Menziesii
Native to Oregon and California, the Baby Blue Eye flower the common name for Nemophila Menziesii is a charming plant with lovely cornflower blue cup shaped flowers. It can grow
How To Care For The Forget Me Not Flower
The Forget Me Not flower, by any other name would not be so sweet to gardeners, nor would the other numerous little blue forget me not flowers affectionately given the