Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum Marginatum'
Sage leafed germander, Curly wood sage
- Height × spread
- 0.25m × 0.3m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
Availability
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About this plant
This is a good plant for dry shade, where it makes slow and intriguing ground cover. Though it will survive this hostile regime, it can enjoy itself in a more favourable site where its foliage provokes interest. The leaves are green and, as Beth Chatto has observed, look like crepe paper. They are oblong with raised, ruffled and crimped edges and touches of white on their rim.
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Winter
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Winter garden, Seaside garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal), Poor soil, Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Dry and shady soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bee attraction, Butterfly attraction
- Hazards
- Yes, potentially harmful; Humans: Harmful if eaten
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
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