PHLOMIS 'Le Sud'
Jerusalem Sage
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:: Lamiaceae
:: PHLOMIS
:: hybrid (fruticosa x longifolia)
:: 'Le Sud'
- Type of products available: 0/1/0A7
Main asset
Hardy plant up to zone 7, very resistant to drought, growing in any soil even degraded (pebbles, rubble). Original flowering of bright color, melliferous. Foliage more whitish and flowers more vivid than fruticosa, plant a little more vigorous.
Remarks
Prune the plant just after flowering (July) to maintain a rounded shape. Never return to old wood (prune over a leafy bud).
Small evergreen shrub of East-Mediterranean origin. Very resistant to drought, its shoots and underside of leaves are whitish and hairy. Leaves, narrow and long, are gray-green with silver border. Mid-spring, the clusters rise, and carry many golden yellow flowers, bilabiate, melliferous.
- Uses: Flower beds, embankments, rockeries, planters, pots
Global caracteristics:
- Type of foliage: evergreen
- Habit: bushy
- Height: 1 m x 1 m (3 ft x 3 ft)
- Growth: fast
- Flowering period: May to July
Shape and colours:
- Foliage shape: oblong
- Foliage colour: grey
- Flowers shape: clusters, bilabiate tubular flowers
- Flowers colour: yellow
Plantation:
- Soil type: drained, poor
- Exposure: sun
- Hardiness: - 15 °C (5 °F - USDA zone 7b)