Echium vulgare

Boraginaceae
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Echium vulgare

Seed Packet order reference: 575 (Internal HPS Number M02067)

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 26706 - accepted name

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Articles and Publications linked to this species

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Echium vulgare has 2 linked publications

Book Reviews by Ro Fitzgerald
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 47 No 1 Spring 2026

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Re-imagining the herbaceous borders at Mounton House by Melissa Cumings
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 47 No 1 Spring 2026

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Loop count: 12
Echium vulgare linked to 12 articles
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On a Chalk Hillside – June 2025
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On a Chalk Hillside – May 2025
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On a Chalk Hillside – October 2024
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On a Chalk Hillside – October 2023
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2023, Peonies – which one is which! And late spring/summer garden jobs
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My Wildlife Allotment July 2021
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2020
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On a Chalk Hillside July 2020
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2019
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My Wildlife Allotment July 2019
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On a Chalk Hillside January 2018
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2017

Articles and Publications linked to this genus

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4 linked articles
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On a Chalk Hillside – May 2025
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On a Chalk Hillside – October 2024
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On a Chalk Hillside – October 2023
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2023, Peonies – which one is which! And late spring/summer garden jobs

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Echium vulgare

P07545
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Echium vulgare

P08643
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Echium vulgare

S00709
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Echium vulgare

S00710
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Echium vulgare

Order Ref: 575

Plants in the genus : Echium

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Echium wildpretii

P05332
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Echium wildpretii

Order Ref: 577
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Echium webbii at Ness

P09526
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Echium webbii at Ness

P09527
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Echium webbii

P09528
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Echium webbii  

Order Ref: 576
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Echium vulgare ex ‘Blue Bedder’

M02068
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Echium vulgare ‘White Bedder’

P07779
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Echium vulgare ‘Blue Bedder’

P07485
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Echium vulgare

P07545
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Echium vulgare

P08643
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Echium vulgare

S00709
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Echium vulgare

S00710
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Echium vulgare

Order Ref: 575
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Echium russicum

P00170
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Echium russicum

S00708
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Echium rosulatum

P06069
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Echium pininana ex ‘Snow Tower’

Order Ref: 574
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Echium pininana

P00287
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Echium pininana

P03089
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Echium pininana

P08641
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Echium pininana

P08642
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Echium pininana

S00707
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Echium pininana

Order Ref: 573

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