Botanical Name: Teucrium cossonii majoricum
Common Name: Fruity teucrium Type of Plant: dicot: perennial Habit of Growth: Overall Shape low, mounding, spreading perennial with gray foliage and heavy long display of rosy pink flowers Height to 12" Spread to 3' Growth Rate moderate Environment: Exposure outdoors full sun Soil any well drained soil Hardiness hardy: zones 7-9, 14-24 Morphology: Leaves linear, grayish and tomentose above, nearly white beneath to 1" long, 1/8" across, densely set on stems Flowers terminal rounded clusters of tiny pink to lavender flowers; clusters to 1" across, borne heavily through spring and summer, into fall Fruit tiny nutlet Propagation: semi-hardwood cuttings Usage: excellent rock garden specimen or small scale ground cover; works well along walkways, mixed with lavenders and other gray foliage plants; very versatile Landscape Care: Watering takes average watering; drought tolerant once acclimated Fertilizing little needed Pruning head back to control size, none usually needed Pests/Diseases root rot in slow-draining soils Special Conditions/Other Origin: Western Mediterranean region Family: Lamiaceae Notes: |
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