Botanical Name: Trichostema lanatum
Common Name: Wooly blue curls Type of Plant: dicot: shrubby perennial Character evergreen Habit of Growth: Overall Shape an open, low-growing plant, with slender erect stems; older plants develop a woody base with spreading-sprawling stems to form a loosely rounded canopy Height 2' - 4' Spread equal Growth Rate moderate Environment: Exposure outdoors full sun required; avoid shaded locations Soil tolerates most; requires good drainage Hardiness hardy (zones 14-24): prefers warm dry low-elevation habitats Morphology: Leaves pinnate, opposite, linear-lanceolate, 1"-2" long; margins strongly revolute; upper surface bright green, lower grayish white, hairy; leaves may drop in severe drought conditions Flowers blue-purple or maroon; in dense separated clusters along upper portions of the stems; flowers and stem covered with wooly hairs; April-August, intermittent Fruit tiny capsule Propagation: seed, softwood cuttings Usage: a small accent shrub for its showy display of blue-purple flowers; low filler for massed wildflower plantings and slopes; will bloom nearly year-round Landscape Care: Watering an occasional soaking; avoid summer overhead watering in clay habitats Fertilizing none required Pruning head back old leggy stems nearly to the ground Pests/Diseases root rot fungus in poorly drained clay soils Special Conditions/Other Origin: warm dry chaparral sites, Monterey to San Diego County Family: Lamiaceae Notes: |
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