After flowering, Red Feathers makes seeds and dies. It is in flower from July to October, and the seeds ripen from August to October. botanists, familiar with the Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare, it may come as a shock to learn that the majority of the Canarian species are shrubs (fig. Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. Check out our echium red selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. It has won a Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Species. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. Hardy. Leaves are narrowly elliptic, 625 cm long. The flowers start pink and turn vivid blue and are 15-20 mm (0.59-0.79 in) in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding. The flowers are bluish or purplish-blue (or they can be white) fading to pink. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/ab\/Grow-Echium-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Grow-Echium-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/a\/ab\/Grow-Echium-Step-1.jpg\/aid10066903-v4-728px-Grow-Echium-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"