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Products > Echium candicans 'Select Blue'   Echium candicans 'Select Blue' - Pride of Madeira     [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Boraginaceae (Borages) Origin: Madeira Islands (Atlantic Ocean) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Blue Bloomtime: Summer Synonyms: [E. fastuosum 'Select Blue'] 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 'Select Blue' (Pride of Madeira) - Long, gray-green leaves 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 us from an exceptionally good blue seedling. Unlike our seed grown crops we know that this plant will bloom "true blue". 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.  Information displayed on this page about  Echium candicans 'Select Blue' is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.