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Happy to say a colony of Echium wildprettii is becoming established in South London. Well, in the immediate vicinity of my front garden. Known as the 'The Tower of Jewels' the species hails from the Canary Islands but made its way here via a seedling given to me by one of the gardeners at the South London Botanical Institute. Giant Echiums are triennial and that one flowered in 2020 shedding copious seed and it's progeny have been appearing over the past few years. Every 'jewel' is a flower and the tower pulsates with bees...