Blue Bedder Seeds — Echium plantagineum

A Vivid Blue Annual for Bees and Borders

Blue Bedder (Echium plantagineum) is a cheerful, easy-to-grow annual producing masses of vivid violet-blue trumpet-shaped flowers over a long season. A superb bee plant and one of the best annuals for attracting pollinators, it self-seeds freely and naturalises beautifully in cottage gardens, wildflower meadows, and sunny borders. Compact, colourful, and virtually maintenance-free.

Why Gardeners Love It

• 💙 Vivid violet-blue blooms — masses of trumpet-shaped flowers all season long
• 🐝 Outstanding bee plant — one of the top pollinator-attracting annuals
• 🌱 Easy to grow — direct sow and largely self-sufficient
• 🌼 Self-seeds freely — naturalises beautifully year after year
• ☀️ Drought tolerant — thrives in dry, sunny spots
• 📏 Compact habit — grows to around 30–40 cm, ideal for the front of the border
• 💐 Cut flower use — makes a charming short-lived vase flower; cut stems when flowers are just opening for best results

Growing Tips for New Zealand

Direct sow in autumn or spring into a sunny, well-drained position. Echium thrives in poor to average soil and dislikes being transplanted, so sow where it is to grow. Thin seedlings to 20–30 cm apart. Excellent for coastal and dry NZ gardens, including Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, and Marlborough, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty

What's in the Packet

Each packet contains 10 seeds of Blue Bedder (Echium plantagineum), with full growing instructions included.