Marrubium vulgare
Common horehound, White horehound
- Height × spread
- 0.45m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
The leaves of common horehound have three rounded lobes, matt and crinkled on their surface with dark impressed veining. The stems are white. There are white flowers in summer and the plant carries the scent of thyme. The common horehound is pretty in youth but gets rather lanky with age. The leaves can be used to make a rather bitter tasting infusion. They are also used to make a sweet called 'horehound candy'. Give this a sunny site and well drained to dry soil. The plant grows around 45cm (18in) high with a similar spread.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.45m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Scented garden, Rock garden, Herb garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Gravelly soil, Poor soil, Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
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.