Teucrium fruticans

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Plant Characteristics
Height: 4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Width: 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Teucrium fruticans also known as tree germander[1] and shrubby germander[2] is a species of the genus Teucrium and of the mint family Lamiaceae.


Read about Teucrium fruticans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Teucrium fruticans, Linn. Shrub 2-3 ft. high, divaricate branching: lvs. ovate, entire, obtuse, glabrous above, white or reddish brown, tomentose beneath, petioled: floral lvs. similar, smaller: racemes terminal or lateral on short branches, few-fld.; peduncles 1-fld., shorter than the calyx: fls. blue; calyx campanulate, tomentose; corolla-lip twice longer than the calyx. Eu. — Recommended for dry places S. It has a long blooming season. CH


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  1. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). "Taxon: Teucrium fruticans L." (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  2. Template:NRCS Plants Profile