HA Those are some kind of Echium, a plant I know little about, except those were gigantic!.    From Wordnik.com.  [People Of Spring Fling Chicago « Fairegarden] Reference

What on earth are those giant Echium tower things?.    From Wordnik.com.  [People Of Spring Fling Chicago « Fairegarden] Reference

The Echium towers at the CBG have been shown on many blogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [People Of Spring Fling Chicago « Fairegarden] Reference

Some of the endemic and representative species are Bosea yervamora, Echium strictum, Greenovia aurea, Aeonium sp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests] Reference

A few kilometers outside the Park and summit area, congenerics found include the legume Adenocarpus foliosus, the bugloss Echium virescens and the daisy Argynantemum frutescens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teide National Park, Spain] Reference

Both endemic species and genera are found and these include Spartocytisus supranubius, Erysimum scoparium, Nepeta teydea, Plantago webbii, Senecio palmensis, Juniperus cedrus, Polycarpaea tenuis, and Echium sp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests] Reference

Within this ecoregion, the islets between the lava-covered terrain in Timanfaya National Park support 3 species of plants which are endemic to Lanzarote: Echium pitardii, Odontospermum intermedium, and Polycarpea robusta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets] Reference

The Kahlá (Echium), a bugloss, a borage-like plant, with viscous leaves and flowers of two colours, — the young light-pink and the old dark-blue, — everywhere beautified the sands, and reminded me of the Istrian hills, where it is plentiful as in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Midian] Reference

Other Canary Island endemics are shrubby scabious Pterocephalus lasiospermus, Teide daisy Argynanthemum teneriffae, red bugloss Echium wildpretti, flixweed Descurainia bourgeauana and D. lemsii, Canary Island wallflower Erisimon scoparius and Canary Island wall lettuce Tolpis webbii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teide National Park, Spain] Reference

The species endemic to the mountain include its two most representative species, sticky broom Adenocarpus viscosus and the widespread Teide white broom Spartocytisus supranubius, also Teide violet Viola cheiranthifolia which grows up to the summit, Teide edelweiss Gnaphalium teydeum, dwarf bugloss Echium auberianum, the thistle Stemmacantha cynaroides and the Teide catmint Nepeta teydia var. albiflora.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teide National Park, Spain] Reference

Echium pininana makes a giant green, furry parasol in its first year and a 15ft spike of blue if it survives the winter to flower in its second.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Echium is a native of the Canary Islands, a place so magical, flowers seem to bloom from sidewalk cracks all the way up to the mountains without ever taking a moments pause to apologize.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference

Madeira, a Portuguese territory, is the source of some striking plants adopted by California gardeners - pride of Madeira (Echium candicans or E. fastuosum) for one - but the Spanish Canaries are the real cornucopia.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories]

Flowers Shown: Primrose, flowering Papyrus? (possibly, unsure), an unidentified exotic Orchid, Marigold with Monarch munching away, dead branch covered with lichen, a field of (standard) Calla Lilies, Echium, a perfect Cattleya Orchid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference

The Kahlá (Echium), a bugloss, a borage-like plant, with viscous leaves and flowers of two colours, -- the young light-pink and the old dark-blue, -- everywhere beautified the sands, and reminded me of the Istrian hills, where it is plentiful as in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference

(Pomegranate) Seed Oil, Echium Plantagineum Seed Oil, Hordeum Vulgare Seed (Barley Lipids).    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

That’s Echium pininana, which crosses readily with Echium wildpretii, to produce offspring with varying qualities.    From Wordnik.com.  [People Of Spring Fling Chicago « Fairegarden] Reference

Must-visit list: Echium wildpretii and candicans, Salvia mexicana 'Limelight,' malvas such as lavatera and anisodontea and borage.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

The Echium towers are really something!.    From Wordnik.com.  [People Of Spring Fling Chicago « Fairegarden] Reference

Added: this is Echium pininana, thanks Chuck B.    From Wordnik.com.  [People Of Spring Fling Chicago « Fairegarden] Reference

Echium pyrenaicum. simplex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference

Echium longifolium (?), Del.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference

Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare).    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

Cinerarias and, especially in Teneriffe, Echium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3] Reference

Hierba de la vihora, Echium vulgare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Echium vulgare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Echium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex] Reference

Echium, 114.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference

Echium pyrenaicum, 20 simplex, 20 vulgare, 374.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference