Teucrium hircanicum 'Purple Tails'

With an upright growth habit and masses of stalwart columnar flowers, this makes an appealing feature when grown in a small group. It has quite small hairy leaves at the base. The flowering spikes are composed of many individual blooms and are coloured a warm violet purple. It comes into flower towards the end of summer and will continue into autumn. Closely viewed the flowers look quite knobbly with tiers of small blooms. After the flowers have finished, the brown columns remain a feature that could combine with all those late season daisies. It originates in Turkey and Iran, and enjoys shade and some moisture. It will accommodate to normal border conditions, but will need watering in times of drought.