Teucrium fruticans 'Azureum'
Shrubby germander
- Height × spread
- 1m × 0.75m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This delights the eye with its beautiful dark blue flowers that are carried on short upright spikes and which open from mauve and green buds. The plant itself makes an attractive shrub with aromatic foliage coloured grey green and held on spreading white stems. It comes into flower in late spring and summer, The flowers are small but rather curious with a very long tongue-like lower petal with two small wing like lobes near the base, often mauve tinted. This was discovered in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco by the great plantsman Collingwood Ingram in 1936. This is only borderline hardy so grow it against a warm wall in the warmest parts of the country, or grow in a container and bring it inside for the cold months.
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Foliage colour
- Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 1m
- Spread
- 0.75m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside 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
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Wall cover
- Walls
- South facing
- 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.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Prune hard to the base
The plant can be pruned back to a framework that is within 30cm of the ground. Two or three buds should be left so that the plant can produce long young stems.
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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