Echium candicans | Pride of Madeira

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4" pot

order now for FALL 2025 shipping or pickup

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans*) is a mounding biennial shrub that has to be seen to be believed. Check out the pictures! Pollinators adore the purple-blue flowers.

This fascinating, fast-growing plant is native to Madeira where it grows in poor, hot, dry soil. It tolerates temperates as low as 20-25 degrees F, but it will not tolerate humidity or overwatering.

Cold weather gardeners:
This plant is not winter hardy! Please follow these overwintering tips from the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Want to try this plant? We suggest ordering now if you have the ability to overwinter. Our greenhouse is not heated and spring availability is not guaranteed. Our plants germinated in March 2025 and may begin to bloom in spring 2026.

*previously known as Echium fastuosum

Zone: 9 to 11
Family: Boraginaceae
Type: Evergreen Perennial
Height: 60 to 72 in.
Spread: 72 to 120 in.
Exposure: full sun
Conditions: dry to medium, well-drained
Bloom Time: May to August
Native Range: Madeira

Special Characteristics

Drought resistant
Evergreen
Pollinator favorite
Deer-resistant

image credits

Auckland Museum, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ordering information

Preorders

You may place your order anytime to reserve plants for fall 2025 shipment. If you place multiple orders, we will combine plants into one box (or as many as needed) and any extra shipping charges will be refunded.

We will resume shipping plants as soon as temperatures cool in our location and yours.

We will check in with you a week before shipping to make sure you receive your plants at a time that is convenient for you.

Shipping

Live plants ship in spring and fall only. Plants may ship dormant, depending on variety and season. Shipping costs are most reasonable when bundling like size plants.

4-inch: 1-6 plants ship for $15.00 / 7-13 plants ship for $18.00 / 14-30 plants ship for $40.00
1-gal: 1-2 plants ship for $18.00 / 3-4 plants ship for $25.00 / 5-6 plants ship for $40.00
trees & shrubs: $27.00-$40.00 each, height dependent
seeds: $6.75 or free with orders over $15.00

We regret that we cannot ship internationally or to the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, or WA.

Nursery pick up

Plants can be collected from the nursery Monday through Sunday from 10am-4pm in Spring, Summer, and Fall. We prefer 24 hour notice to get your order together and will email you when ready for collection.

Plant Sizes

We most commonly use the following pot sizes for perennials:

4-inch pot: 3.5" H x 3.5" W x 3.5" D
2-quart pot: 6" H x 5.25" W x 5.25" D
1-gallon pot: 6.87" H x 8" Dia (this is a true one gallon pot, not the smaller 'trade' one gallon pot used by many nurseries)

Check out our illustrated pot size guide here.

Representative trees & shrubs are photographed in their pots and posted on each plant page.

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of what we do at The Old Dairy. We grow all of our plants outdoors without the use of chemicals, fertilizers, carbon fuels, or peat.

Many of our perennials are grown in the ground and dug upon order (this is especially true for larger sizes). This practice allows us to grow stronger, healthier plants using native soil, and ultimately reduces our impact on the environment.

Our open-pollinated seeds are collected from plants in our mother beds, which have never been treated with chemicals or sprays of any kind.

Read all about our sustainable practices here.