Today we are going to talk about tajinaste red. His scientific name is Echium wildpretii and it is an endemic species of the Canary Islands. It is a plant that produces inflorescences between 1 and 3 meters high. These pretty inflorescences have great ornamental power, which is why they are highly desired by many people for the decoration of parks and gardens.
Do you want to know the characteristics and care of the red tajinaste? Keep reading and you will find out 🙂
Key features
This plant forms rosettes of linear and lanceolate leaves of 30 × 2 cm. The flowers are coral red in color and have erect inflorescences measuring between 1 and 3 meters high. These inflorescences are not produced until the plant is two or more years old, so it can serve as an indication to know the age of the plant.
The fruits are dry and do not open when ripe, apiculated and irregularly tuberculated. If we maintain good conditions, this plant has a very accelerated growth. Let's go on to analyze the main care you need:
Red tajinaste care
- Location: it is important that it is outside, in full sun.
- Flowerpot: Universal culture substrate mixed with perlite in equal parts.
- Yard: the soil must have good drainage. If not, it is advisable to make a 50x50cm hole and fill it with pumice mixed with 30% mulch.
- Irrigation: 2-3 times a week in summer and a little less the rest of the year.
- Subscriber: from spring to summer with a specific fertilizer for flowering plants.
- Multiplication: by seeds in spring. Direct sowing in seedbed.
- Planting or transplanting time: in spring, when the risk of frost has passed.
- Rusticity: it resists cold and frost down to -4ºC.
I hope that with these tips you can enjoy the great ornamental power of the red tajinaste and you can have it in your garden.