Echium italicum ssp. italicum (Italian Viper's Bugloss)

100 (150)cm, Italian Viper's Bugloss is in cultivation a rarely seen tall biennial species endemic of rocky fields in the Western Mediterranean region. Makes a slightly branching, pyramidal inflorescence with pale blue to white flowers above a basal, flat rosette of dark grayish green, coarse leaves. For any rocky, sandy soil in full sun. Excellent in the rock garden. V-VI.
20 seeds per package.