Teucrium chamaedrys

Exposure: full or part sun, no reflected heat
Water: regular; twice per week during hot part of year
Soil: uniform, prepared, good drainage
Propagation: vegetative cuttings, simple
Maintenance: minimal, occasional trimming back from pathways

Teucrium chamaedrys
Germander
Labiatae Family

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Form: low mounding ground cover
Seasonality: evergreen
Size: 12-18in, spread to 2ft
Leaves: simple, dark green, serrate, underside lighter; dense and attractive
Flowers: on terminal growth, tight cluster of mint-like spikes about 1in tall, lavender, individual florets 1/8in, bloom in early to mid summer
Fruit: not significant
Stems/Trunks: herbaceous; spreads by underground rhizomes
Range/Origin: Europe and SW Asia

leaf form
Hardiness: not well known, well below freezing
LANDSCAPE VALUE:

formal ground cover
reliable deep dark green foliage color
mini oasis
along walkways, borders (slow, confined growth)
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

Exposure: full or part sun, no reflected heat
Water: regular; twice per week during hot part of year
Soil: uniform, prepared, good drainage
Propagation: vegetative cuttings, simple
Maintenance: minimal, occasional trimming back from pathways

Teucrium chamaedrys (on left) growning down an embankment
(pink flowers at right are Oenothera berlandieri)
NOTES:
attracts bees

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