<h1>Tower of Jewels</h1>

Tower of Jewels blooms

Tower of Jewels plant

                                          

Echium wildpretii

Grows best in USDA zones 9a to 11

Blooms from late spring to early fall

It is a species of blooming plants in the family Boraginaceae. It is a herbaceous biyearly plant that grows up to 10 feet (3 m.) tall.

Synonyms:
red bugloss
Mount Teide bugloss
Tenerife bugloss.

The Spanish call it tajinaste rojo.

The plant grows in the highland zone of the deep narrow steep-sided valley of Mount Teide. It needs much sun and thrives in arid and dry conditions.

The tower of jewels is a biennial, developing a dense pattern of leaves for the first year, produces flowers in the 2nd year, and then drops dead. The red flowers bloom on an erect flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk. The plant blooms from late spring to early summer in Tenerife (A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands).


This bugloss can be found as a garden decorative where it may be non-tolerant of low temperatures, therefore a little winter protection is needed in frost happening areas. It has received the Award of Garden Merit from Royal Horticultural Society .Just like most buglosses, is favored by beekeepers for the high-level nectar content.