It looks more like the structure of E. pininina or Tower of Jewels of one sort or another.....the ones that I see in the neighborhood look like that...and maybe the ones at Salmon Harbor?
Do you happen to know Terry Allaway? She's a FB friend of mine....'Smith River Farm'.....? She posted a pic the other day of an Echium webbii at her place...I hadn't heard of that one...the same day someone posted it somewhere else that Rebecca saw it and sent me a pic....Looked it up and Annie has it...bex liked it also, so hoping she might order some for Worms....