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Teucrium chamaedrys |
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| Common name |
prostrate and upright germander |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
purple (late spring) |
| Size |
8" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
We mainly grow the creeping form prostratum, which is a low-growing mat-former with attractive glossy serrated leaves. Supposedly needs moist soil, but we grow it in some places that don't get much irrigation in times of drought, and it's done fine. At prime blooming time the plant is evenly speckled in (though not covered with) flowers. The rest of the season, it's a very useful foliage plant. I'm not sure why it's relatively uncommon. We've also had the upright (common) form a few times; this one is used in low hedges, or as an evergreen accent in herb gardens.
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| | The foliage is evergreen. In this new-year's-day photo, it gleams in the winter sun. |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| James Cheshire | Sep 25, 2005 | Hey Rob, this is Teucrium chamaedrys, not T. canadense. I have seeds of the real T. canadense and would be glad to send you some. Right now I'm working on putting an informative link next to every species on my trade list, so you'll know what you're looking at. I'm in college so it may be a little while before I get it done.
Right you are. Thanks for setting me straight once again. I've updated the website. |
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