echium ‘pride of madeira’ (echium candicans) with blue flowers : (pix sanjiv shukla)

echium candicans pride madeira family boraginaceae species flowering plant island blue purple violet large herbaceous perennial subshrub broad rosette leaves woody stalks shrub candelabralike growth inflorescence bark whitish peels dark green color protruding dense soft velvety hairy flowers bracts elongated hermaphrodite sessile perianth spring summer corolla white stripe flower head red stamen archipelago horticulture ornamental coastal planting