PlantFiles Pictures: Echium Species, Red Mount Teide Bugloss, Tower of Jewels (<i>Echium wildpretii</i>) by Kell

Taken at RHS gardens, Wisley May 2003

by duliticola Nov 23, 2003 12:57 PM

Detail of inflorescence

by duliticola Nov 23, 2003 6:29 PM

spring flowers, southern California

by palmbob May 8, 2005 10:56 PM

A biennial worth the effort and wait.

by mgarr Dec 13, 2004 10:23 AM

Rosette stage

by Happenstance Apr 3, 2005 11:10 AM

typical prostrate plant in the cactus garden, Huntington Gardens, southern California

by palmbob May 8, 2005 10:56 PM

Here are the only upright specimens I could find in the gardens (Huntington Gardens, southern California- May)

by palmbob May 8, 2005 10:56 PM

once glorious plants just months later in hot summer.. southern California

by palmbob Sep 4, 2005 11:36 PM

This is a secondary branch off the main plant of mine, that seems to have grown so fast it became overstretched, and now reveals it's spiral flower pattern.

by palmbob May 22, 2006 11:11 PM

my plant, done flowering for a few weeks now, fully loaded with seed. End of June, southern California

by palmbob Jun 29, 2006 10:05 PM

Lower half of plant that was not flowering in early summer, now flowering in late summer after 'tower' removed over a month earlier. Southern California

by palmbob Aug 10, 2006 11:12 AM

seedlings popping up after last year's plant flowered, southern California

by palmbob Apr 1, 2007 4:07 PM

by Poulino May 4, 2007 3:07 AM

Detail of Echium wildpretii flowers - taken at Longwood Gardens, April 2007.

by Poulino May 4, 2007 3:08 AM

early flowering of plant growing into its second year in my yard, southern California April

by palmbob Apr 17, 2008 6:09 AM

early in the flowering process, spring, southern California

by palmbob Apr 17, 2008 6:10 AM

by begoniacrazii Apr 29, 2008 7:50 PM

I have dozens of these taking off in the redwoods near SF at aroung 1400 feet.

by andro May 26, 2008 9:51 PM

3 towers after all the flowers have gone, late spring, southern California

by palmbob May 29, 2008 2:28 PM

plants growing up fast and will be flowering in a month, April, southern California

by palmbob Apr 21, 2009 6:13 AM

April 21, 2009 coming into flower along the bank on the driveway

by Happenstance May 2, 2009 6:31 PM

April 21, 2009 coming into flower along the bank on the driveway

by Happenstance May 2, 2009 6:33 PM

May 2, 2009 Flower stalk continues to mature

by Happenstance May 2, 2009 6:35 PM

May 2, 2009 Flower stalk continues to mature, taken from a distance so it's pretty blurry.

by Happenstance May 2, 2009 6:37 PM

Echium Wildpretti (Tower of Jewels) grown in the high desert of so California

by bunkhouseman May 10, 2009 2:51 PM

mid May, southern California

by palmbob May 15, 2009 6:13 AM

echium wildpretii with very unusual growth habits. Mid Wilshire area of Los Angeles 2009

by beleza201 May 18, 2009 5:11 AM

echium wildpretii Mid Wilshire Los Angeles now 5 or 6' taller than in photo crest is approx 2' wide and bigger by the day

by beleza201 May 18, 2009 5:11 AM

Echium wildpretii volunteer growing in Jamul, CA, Zone 8b

by zone10 May 18, 2009 5:28 AM

E. wildpretii growing in a So. Cal tree grove

by zone10 May 18, 2009 5:28 AM

Located in a sculpture garden in a vacant lot in downtown Lompoc, CA.

by pegasus165 May 5, 2010 12:08 AM

shot of spent flower, mid June, full of seed, southern California

by palmbob Jun 26, 2010 9:40 PM

A plant with a view!

by Kell May 3, 2011 6:31 PM

by Kell May 3, 2011 8:49 PM

A weird shaped one.

by Kell May 3, 2011 8:50 PM

by Kell May 3, 2011 8:51 PM

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

by growin Aug 13, 2011 3:49 PM

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

by growin Aug 13, 2011 3:49 PM

by AnniesAnnuals Aug 17, 2011 3:14 PM

"echium wildpretii" Tower of Jewels - amazing stands over 9 ft tall

by All_Is_HIS May 5, 2012 8:10 PM

by Kell Sep 17, 2013 3:05 PM

by Kell Sep 17, 2013 6:45 PM

by Kell Sep 17, 2013 6:47 PM

by Kell Sep 17, 2013 6:48 PM

by Kell Jan 2, 2014 9:54 PM

Blue pollen!

by Kell Jan 2, 2014 9:55 PM

by Kell Jan 4, 2014 11:18 AM

Hummingbirds and bees love this plant.

by Domehomedee May 2, 2014 12:06 PM

Huntington Gardens in February

by palmbob Mar 1, 2015 8:57 PM

Longwood Gardens. Photo courtesy/copyright Karl Gercens, Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/

by Kell Apr 4, 2015 3:54 PM

Teide, Spain. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/

by Kell Dec 26, 2015 11:03 PM

2 old ones, 1 new. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/

by Kell Dec 26, 2015 11:08 PM

cristate flower in spring, Los Angeles arboretum

by palmbob Aug 28, 2016 5:03 PM

Tenerife, Canary Islands. Photo courtesy of and copyright of Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

by Kell Jan 24, 2018 3:39 PM

by BayAreaTropics Apr 28, 2018 7:09 AM

Photo courtesy of Mark Delepine. Copyright of Mark Delapine. Berkeley, California.

by Kell May 14, 2018 12:51 PM

Longwood Gardens. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com

by Kell Dec 22, 2018 2:26 PM