Dearborn Heights, MI (Zone 6a) | December 2018 | neutral
Echnium plantagineum has become an invasive species in Australia, where it is also known as Salvation Jane (particularly in South Austral...Read Moreia), blueweed, Lady Campbell weed, Paterson's Curse and Riverina bluebell.
In the United States, the species has become naturalized in parts of California, Oregon, and some eastern states and areas such as northern Michigan. In Oregon it has been declared a noxious weed.
A lovely plant that actually reseeds in my zone 5 garden. Not prolifically, mind you, but I do get second and third flushes of flowers f...Read Morerom the new seedlings, and a fair number of the seeds overwinter.
However, all Echium is POISONOUS to animals. I believe it's like Crassulaceae plants, in that it takes substantial and chronic ingestion to really go to town on a pet's liver.
Echnium plantagineum has become an invasive species in Australia, where it is also known as Salvation Jane (particularly in South Austral...Read More
A lovely plant that actually reseeds in my zone 5 garden. Not prolifically, mind you, but I do get second and third flushes of flowers f...Read More