Phlomis fruticosa | Jerusalem sage


Common Name:  Jerusalem sage

Family:  Lamiaceae 

Origin:  3cm in length, hooded, deep yellow, appear in whorls in the upper leaf axils from early summer

Type:  semi evergreen shrub

Leaf:  3cm in length, hooded, deep yellow, appear in whorls in the upper leaf axils from early summer

Flower:  3cm in length, hooded, deep yellow, appear in whorls in the upper leaf axils from late spring to early summer

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Exposure:  full sun

Soil:   moist, well drained 

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Hardiness Zone: 8-10

Notes:  drought, deer and rabbit tolerant, low maintenance, attracts butterflies and birds, cut back flowers for a second bloom

Synomyms:  Phlomis angustifolia