Tree germander
Teucrium fruticans
ShrubPlacenta
A silver-leaved, blue-flowered pollinator shrub that clips into fast, informal hedges and thrives in hot, dry spots. Handles moderate frost but hates wet feet.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Shrub
- Lifecycle
- Placenta
- Soil preference
- Sandy, Rocky
- Soil pH range
- 6.5 – 8.5
- Min. temperature
- -10°C
- Min. rainfall
- 300 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Silver-leaved pollinator sub-shrub that clips into fast informal hedges; shear after flowering to keep it dense and compact.
Watch out for
English corrected from 'Prickley pear' — Teucrium fruticans is tree germander, not a cactus. Reasonably frost hardy once established but dislikes waterlogged soil; young plants benefit from protection in hard frosts.
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