Teucrium hircanicum
Caucasian germander
Also known as Teucrium hyrcanicum
- Height × spread
- 0.6m × 0.9m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This shrub has aromatic foliage that bears some visual resemblance to the common culinary sage (Salvia officinalis). It forms a neat low-growing plant with columnar flower-spikes packed with dusky lilac flowers during July and August. Each tiny flower looks charmingly like a miniature foraging insect. When the flowers have finished the grey calyces remain on the flower spikes so textural interest is retained. This is lovely at the front of a border or in a herb or gravel garden.
- Flower colour
- Lilac, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.6m
- Spread
- 0.9m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Prairie garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Sensory garden (tactile)
- 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.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
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