Phlomis leucophracta
(Golden Janissary)
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Turkey
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - up to 2m
Location - The Pond Garden, The Terrace, The Thicket
Description: A small to medium-sized Evergreen Shrub with an upright, spreading habit. Attractive, grey-green leaves are lanceolate to ovate in shape and have a woolly, golden band around the margins. Hooded, tubular flowers are golden bronze and produced in whorls on the upright stems from late summer into early autumn. Rare in cultivation.
Flower:
Tubular, hooded flowers are golden bronze and held in whorls on upright stems. Flowers are produced from August into September.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in whorls
Flowering time: August, September
Foliage:
Lanceolate to ovate leaves are grey-green with a woolly, golden band around the margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs up the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to ovate
Propagation:
Seed, cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun and well drained soil.