Teucrium fruticans
Common name: shrubby germander, tree germander
Family: Lamiaceae
Leaf: small, opposite, ovate, dark green leaves, downy white underneath, with showy, white, felted shoots
Flowers: terminal racemes of labiate (two-lipped), clear blue-violet flowers, 15mm long, appearing on branch tips summer- early autumn
Height: up to 3'; Spread: up to 7 feet wide
Habit: evergreen semi-woody shrub; Form: mounded
Culture: Plant in full-sun, in well drained, lean, rocky or even gravelly soils. Drought tolerant once established. Suitable for xeriscaping. Tolerant of maritime conditions. Can be hard pruned hard down to ground level in spring (old wood), to encourage a smaller, more compact form. Can shear and shape as desired. Fairly low maintenance otherwise. The variety Teucrium fruticans 'Azureum' won the Royal Horticultural Society Annual Award of Garden Merit in 1993.
Uses: Specimen in a perennial garden, rock garden, hedge, shrub, larger scale knot gardens.
Origin: Western and Central Mediterranean
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