Phlomis italica evergreen Plantaginaceae

Plantaginaceae

this compact century plant has an extra wide cream colored leaf margin and grows to about a foot tall with an 18" spread

green center on a white field

this form looking for all the world like a stack of conifer cones

clump-forming perennial bearing white umbels that are butterfly candy

Phlomis italica evergreen PlantaginaceaeOne of our favorites, mostly because we get to use one of those cool wordsflocccoseto describe the thick hairy leaves. 3 feet tall by 4 feet wide or so with whorled lavender pink summer flowers. From the Balearic Islands. Full sun, not much summer water and sharp drainage. Frost hardy in USDA zone 7. JERUSALEM SAGE Lamiaceae