• Plant: Tower of Jewels (Echium wildpretii)
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  • Info: Entire plant / 2015-04-01 / Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA. / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: Flowering of this three year old biennial in zone 9b. 2015-04-01
Photo of Tower of Jewels (Echium wildpretii) uploaded by HamiltonSquare

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