Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Medium
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 5-6' x 6-10'
Natural Growth Habit: Broad, Mounding
Exposure: Full Sun
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Blue / Purple
Bloom Time: Spring
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Hedge / Interesting Foliage / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #5
Sunset Garden Zones: 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Echium candicans is a fast-growing, evergreen, sprawling shrub/subshrub that grows in a broad, rounded, bushy mound and features long, narrow, lance-shaped gray-green leaves covered in fine hairs and massed spikes of intense bluish-purple to violet-blue flowers with protruding pink or red stamens. Uses include focal point, erosion control, border, screen. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Prefers full sun; it is shade tolerant but will bloom poorly. Thrives in sandy, gritty, or rocky soils. Requires dry to medium, exceptionally well-drained soil and prefers poor to moderately fertile soil. Water regularly during the first growing season to build a deep root system; highly drought-tolerant once established. Deer and rabbit resistant. Fire-resistant plant when properly maintained. Cold hardy to 25°F.
Echium candicans is a fast-growing, evergreen, sprawling shrub/subshrub that grows in a broad, rounded, bushy mound and features long, narrow, lance-shaped gray-green leaves covered in fine hairs and massed spikes of intense bluish-purple to violet-blue flowers with protruding pink or red stamens. Uses include focal point, erosion control, border, screen. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Prefers full sun; it is shade tolerant but will bloom poorly. Thrives in sandy, gritty, or rocky soils. Requires dry to medium, exceptionally well-drained soil and prefers poor to moderately fertile soil. Water regularly during the first growing season to build a deep root system; highly drought-tolerant once established. Deer and rabbit resistant. Fire-resistant plant when properly maintained. Cold hardy to 25°F.
