Phlomis italica
(Balearic Island Sage)
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Balearic Islands
Year of Introduction - 1750
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - 1m
Width - 1m
Location - The House Border
Description: A small Evergreen Shrub with a spreading habit. Woolly grey-green leaves are oblong to lanceolate in shape and held on felted stems. Tubular, hooded flowers are a pretty shade of lilac-pink. The Blooms are held in whorled spikes on the upright stems and produced through the summer. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Tubular hooded flowers are lilac-pink. The blooms are held in whorled spikes atop upright stems and produced from June through August.
Flower colour: Lilac-pink
Flower shape: Tubular hooded flowers in whorled spikes
Flowering time: June, July, August
Foliage:
Woolly, grey-green leaves are oblong to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on felted stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Oblong to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil.