Description
White flower with blue inner veins.
Resembling rosemary with longer foliage this deciduous plant is great for dry sunny areas. Long tubular white flowers turn into see heads that rattle in the wind these can be left on dead foliage through winter but cut back before new growth starts in spring. Perfect for the alpine rock garden, scree beds, walls, crevices, containers and alpine house.
Flowers: Spring-summer
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 25cm
Spread: 30cm
Further information:
In autumn cut back all the dead foliage. New growth will appear in spring.
Common Name: Dragonhead
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Foliage: linear
Basic Colour: ( white )
Flower Colour: white
Natural Flowering: May – July
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 25cm
Soil Requirements: average / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / crevice / rock garden / Mediterranean
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies / ground cover
Pruning: cut back to reshape in autumn
Tolerates: drought tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance
Origin: China
Christina Bacon (verified owner) –
Susan (verified owner) –
Good plants, settled and poised to blossom.