Teucrium chamaedrys

Teucrium chamaedrys

Common name: wall germander

Family: Lamiaceae

Leaf: resembling mini oak leaves, 3/4" long, shine, dark green leaves, 'scalloped'-oval, aromatic

Flowers: whorls of labiate (two-lipped), tubular, pink to purple, appearing in terminal clusters late spring to early summer

Height: 0.75'-1'; Spread: 1-2'

Habit: woody, sub-shrub, clump-forming; Form: mounded

Culture: Best grown in sharply draining soils in full sun. A very hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to -29 degrees C. Tolerates very lean (poor soils) as long as drainage is good. Pinch, or shear stems after flowering to promotes, denser, fuller growth (otherwise it will become leggy with time). Does well in a sheltered location, with wind protection (especially in USDA zone 5, where it is evergreen but on the edge of hardiness~ and not reliably winter hardy, and may experience "hard hits" (winter die-back) if the winters are harsh. Generally it is considered hardy to USDA zones 5-9.

Uses: Very good low edging plant or low clipped hedge. En masse as a small-scale groundcover, in rock gardens, herb gardens, physic gardens, old world knot gardens.

Origin: Europe to Caucasus