Echium

Joy asked me over IM the other day if I could remember the name of a large blue flower she’d told me previously. I couldn’t even remember the conversation let alone the name, but we narrowed down what the flower looked like, one I was pretty sure I see a lot of when I ride my bike to work.

After some tricky Googling (”conical blue flower”, “purple flower golden gate bridge”, etc), I found the one she was looking for. Echium. So today I couldn’t help myself from stopping en route to take a few pictures.

Echium, a conical blue-purple flower, growing along 101 north of the Golden Gate Bridge

Here’s a great closeup.

Echium, close-up

Saturday, April 28, 2007 12:43am
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Joy
4/30/07 1:19pm

Gorgeous! They are also called Pride of Medeira, I learned. Your Googling skillz are mad.

justin
5/1/07 8:58am

Or perhaps also Pride of Madeira. :)

Delphinium
5/2/07 12:24pm

Your much more robust than me, but I believe we could be related!

justin
5/2/07 3:50pm

heh, my first comment from a flower. finally!

jps
8/28/07 8:05am

where are these situated, exactly. Have been wanting to grow these after seeing them in a yard in a magazine 2 yrs ago. Can’t even find the seed, much less the plant.

justin
8/28/07 10:39am

Try googling for echium seeds.

Gale H
4/14/08 11:30pm

You guys are great!! I have a beautiful picture of these in front of the GG Bridge and could not find the name until I googled you under purple flower at Golden Gate Bridge. How exciting to find the name and your picture. Thank You!!