Phlomis 'Edward Bowles'
(Jerusalem Sage 'Edward Bowles')

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Subshrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 1m
Width - 1.5m
Location - The Terrace

Description: A small Evergreen subShrub with a bushy, upright habit. Large grey-green leaves are ovate to heart-shaped and covered in coarse, woolly hairs. Bright yellow tubular flowers have paler yellow hoods. The Blooms are held in whorls at the tips of the stems and are produced from early into midsummer. Very attractive to pollinating insects.

Flower:

Bright yellow tubular flowers have paler yellow hoods. The blooms are held in whorls atop the upright stems and are produced in June and July.

Flower colour: Yellow

Flower shape: Hooded tubular flowers in whorls

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Large, grey-green leaves are Cordate to ovate in shape and have a woolly texture. The coarse hairs on the foliage are in star-shaped clusters. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Cordate to ovate

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, well drained soil.