Ballota pseudodictamnus
(False Dittany)

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Subshrub, perennial
Origin - Mediterranean
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - 30cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The White Garden

Description: An Evergreen subShrub (though often grouped as a Perennial) with a bushy, mounding habit. Grey-green leaves are rounded to heart-shaped and covered in white woolly hairs. 2-lipped flowers are in shades of white, lilac or pink. Each Bloom has a large, prominent green Calyx. The Blooms are held in whorls and are produced from early into midsummer.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

2-lipped flowers are found in shades of white, lilac or pink. Each bloom has a large, prominent calyx that is very similar in appearance to the leaves. The blooms are held in whorls and are produced from June into July.

Flower colour: White, lilac, pink

Flower shape: 2-lipped flowers in whorls

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Grey-green leaves are rounded to Cordate in shape and are heavily covered in white woolly hairs. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the brittle, branching stems.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Rounded to cordate

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in well-drained soil.