Botanical Name: Phlomis purpurea
Common Name: Purple phlomis
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape A loosely structured, upright plant with somewhat silvery gray foliage and pink-purple flowers borne in dense clusters
Height to 6'
Spread to 4'
Growth Rate
Environment:
Exposure outdoors: full sun
Soil prefers well-drained soils, tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 7-24)
Morphology:
Leaves lanceolate to deltoid leaves to 4" long, 1" across, leathery and gray-green on upper surface, silvery and tomentose on lower surface
Flowers pink-purple tubular hook-like flowers in layered tiers along flowering stems; blooms during most warm months
Fruit small capsule
Propagation:
stem cuttings, seed
Usage:
large perennial appreciated for its pink-purple blooms and very durable nature; combines well with lavenders, rockrose, rosemary and other heat-tolerant Mediterranean plants
Landscape Care:
Watering very drought and heat tolerant after established; give average watering in first year, little needed afterward
Fertilizing slow-release at planting time
Pruning head back hard (to 1') in fall season
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other deer resistant; more silvery than P.fruticosa
Origin: Southern Spain
Family: Lamiaceae
Notes:
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