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Echium 'Pink Fountain'
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BuglossBiennialFamily: Boraginaceae
- Height: 2mSpread: 1m
- Frost hardy
- Attractive to wildlife
Flower colour:
Pink
Foliage colour:
Green
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Position
Sun Exposure:
Full sun
Aspect:
South facing, west facing
Position in Border:
Back
Soil
Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
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.
Is known to attract Bees
Bees
Is not known to attract Beneficial insects
Beneficial insects
Is not known to attract Birds
Birds
Is known to attract Butterflies/Moths
Butterflies/Moths
Is known to attract Other pollinators
Other pollinators
Is Echium ‘Pink fountain’ poisonous?
Echium ‘Pink fountain’ can be toxic.
Toxic to:
Is known to attract Cats
Cats
Is known to attract Dogs
Dogs
Is known to attract Horses
Horses
Is known to attract People
People
No reported toxicity to:
Is not known to attract Birds
Birds
Is not known to attract Livestock
Livestock
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