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PHLOMIS 'Le Sud'
Jerusalem Sage

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:: Lamiaceae :: PHLOMIS :: hybrid (fruticosa x longifolia) :: 'Le Sud'

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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)