Botanical Name: Phlomis fruticosa
Common Name: Jerusalem sage
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape shrubby perennial plant with rounded, upright form; coarse textured leaves and heavy display of yellow flowers
Height 4 to 5'
Spread 4 to 5'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to part shade
Soil tolerates any soil with good drainage
Hardiness hardy – zones 4-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves oblong to lanceolate, to 8" long, 3" across; wooly gray-green above, almost white beneath
Flowers clusters of yellow, hook-like flowers in rounded tiers throughout the warm season
Fruit woody capsules
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings in spring or summer
 
Usage:
mixes well with Salvias, Artemisias, Lavandulas, etc. on hillside slopes, in dry areas and rustic landscapes; good source of gray foliage color and heavy display of yellow flowers
 
Landscape Care:
Watering drought-tolerant when established, likes occasional summer water
Fertilizing none
Pruning head back hard in fall to maintain size and form
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other resistant to oak root fungus
 
Origin: Mediterranean
Family: Laminaceae

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