Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Teucrium scorodonia
Family: (Lamiaceae)
(P) 18″. Wood Germander. A tough, shrubby perennial native to dry, open, pine woods, scrub, heaths and sandy acidic soils throughout Western Europe. Aromatic, notched and puckered, sage-like, wrinkled green leaves adorn dense clumps of stiff, branching, woody stems. Masses of tiny, greenish yellow lipped blooms cover, short, loose spikes in mid to late summer. Dry, lime free soil. Sun. 3 & T2