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Products > Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira'   Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira' - Variegated Pride of Madeira     [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Boraginaceae (Borages) Origin: Madeira Islands (Atlantic Ocean) Evergreen: Yes Red/Purple Foliage: Yes Variegated Foliage: Yes Flower Color: Blue Bloomtime: Summer Synonyms: [Echium fastuosum 'Star of Madeira'] Height: 4-6 feet Width: 6-8 feet Exposure: Full Sun Seaside: Yes Summer Dry: Yes Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F May be Poisonous  (More Info): Yes Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira' (Variegated Pride of Madeira) - Long, gray-green leaves striped with cream are held at the ends of the branches on this evergreen shrub that can grow to 6 feet tall by 6 to 8 feet wide. Large stalks of small clear blue flowers bloom in the spring and into the summer. This is a good plant for seaside gardens. Plant in full sun. It is drought tolerant and often seeds itself out. Hardy to about 25 degrees F. This cutting grown selection was made by Paintbox Plantsman in Albion, CA. It occasionally sports off plants with different variegation. One particularly interesting form we have named 'Starburst'. The genus name is from an ancient Greek word for the plant. It is derived from 'echion' with the root word 'echis' meaning "viper" but the reason for this has several interpretations. Included among these are the shape of the seed resembling that of a viper's head and from the age-old belief that Echium vulgare, a plant called Viper's Bugloss, was a remedy for the adder's bite. For more information on the species please see our listing for called Echium candicans.  This information about Echium candicans 'Star of Madeira' displayed is based on research conducted in our library and from reliable online resources. We will also note observations that we have made about it as it grows in the gardens in our nursery and those elsewhere, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others, and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.