Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Flowers today, 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Hi all, pinch and a punch e.t.c
Hi Jean, how about an Echium 'Cobalt Tower' for a tall Blue flowering plant? I got one from Bunnings a couple of years ago for about $16. It would definitely require staking once the flower spike started as it has a very brittle stem. I lost mine in a storm and took cuttings from it right away, but stupidly (but generously) gave them away so now I don't have one, but I bought the common Echium this year and will have another year to wait for flowers I think.
The picture is at a customers house with the one I took as a cutting. It is not as tall as the original (about 7') and never branched, but the other cutting did. It resembles a candelebra.