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Teucrium aroanium |
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| Common name |
germander |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z7-10) |
| Flowers |
light purple (late spring-early summer) |
| Size |
3" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
Low-growing evergreen woody species native to Greece, most often grown as a gound cover. It spreads by rooting its trailing stems. Flowers appear in whorls. Looks like it won't be reliably hardy in our garden, so I planted one in a hypertufa trough that I can shelter during winter. By late June of its first year I was enjoying its frilly leaves and trailing habit. Then it sent up a flowering stem in September, so at least I can say I saw it do its thing, even if I don't manage to overwinter it.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Teucrium aroanium
- Seed from NARGS '11/'12 exchange. Baggy 70F (47%G, 4-8d); about half of the sprouted seeds developed.
Baggy 35F (5w; 7%G, 4w) - 70F (31%G, 3-6d).
- Same seed as above, cold-stored through summer. Baggy 70F (35%G, 5-7d). About 2/3 of sprouted seeds developed
Cold treatment apparently not helpful.
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