Native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco: Echium wildpretii: This amazing biennial can grow from 5 to 8 feet (1.5-2 m.) tall and is coated in the second year with brilliant pink flowers. info via

Native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco: Echium wildpretii: This amazing biennial can grow from 5 to 8 feet (1.5-2 m.) tall and is coated in the second year with brilliant pink flowers. info via
there’s a plant by that name native to NZ that looks the same except it’s blue and the leaves are a little wider
there’s a plant by that name native to NZ that looks the same except it’s blue and the leaves are a little wider. does this thing work?
yes, it works – sorry about that! We have to approve new commenters – kinda helps with spam. The blue one sounds nice 🙂