Azure Bush Germander
$39.00 Original price was: $39.00.$11.70Current price is: $11.70.
1000 in stock
SKU: tLyQEzrMq3
Category: BESTSELLERS
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Once established, water occasionally.
SIZE: Fast growing shrub; reaches 4 to 6 ft. tall and wide.
| Description | This tough performer has aromatic gray-green leaves with silvery white undersides that shimmer in the sunlight. Flowers are a darker blue than other varieties. Tolerates poor, rocky soils. An attractive, waterwise solution for fast-draining, unimproved slopes, and minimal care gardens. A nice container accent. Evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Spring through fall |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Easy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise, Attracts Pollinators, Fast Growing |
| Problems/Solutions | Coastal Exposure, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Urban Pollution |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Growth Habit | Mounding |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Border, Container, Hedge, Hillside |
| Design Ideas | The blue flowers of this germander are much sought after in gardens. Use this shrub in the border as an accent with other blues or contrast it with bright colored shrubs and perennials. A good choice for poor soils. |
| Flower Color | Blue |
| Foliage Color | Gray-green |
| Companion Plants | Loropetalum (Loropetalum); Lavender Cotton (Santolina); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Coneflower (Echinacea); Tickseed (Coreopsis) |
| Care Instructions | Provide average, neutral to slightly alkaline, loose, well-drained soil; avoid heavy clay with poor drainage. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates drought. Fertilize in early spring. Does not require pruning, but tolerates shearing well. |
| History | A member of the mint family of Western Mediterranean origin. In cultivated gardens for over 300 years, it was introduced into Britain in the 18th century but proved of too limited hardiness and became a vital plant of Craftsman-era Los Angeles. |
| Lore | Teucrium was named for Teucer, the legendary first king of Troy who pioneered use of these plants as medicinals. |