Ballota pseudodictamnus (False dittany)
Click the tabs to read more
Comment on a listing
Plant supplier links
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
- Login to upload a photo
 |
Beginner skill rating |
 |
0.5m max. spread |
 |
0.5m max. height |
 |
2-5 years to maturity |
 |
1 hour care per year |
Botanical name: Ballota pseudodictamnus
Other names: False dittany
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add this plant to your plants list
Genus: Ballota
Species: B. pseudodictamnus - B. pseudodictamnus is one of the very best foliage plants. It is a low-growing dwarf evergreen shrub with rounded, fine white-furry leaves and stems and small pink flowers in whorls toward the stem tips, with large pale green calyces.
Ballota pseudodictamnus is: Evergreen
Flower: Light green, Insignificant or absent, Pale-purple in Spring; Insignificant or absent, Pale-purple, Light green in Summer
Foliage: Pale-green in All seasons
Habit: Bushy, Cushion or Mound Forming, Rounded
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Companion planting: The soft white-green leaves are a good companion to plants with purple flowers
Plant with: Acanthus spinosus (Spiny bear's breeches), Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed), Geranium himalayense 'Gravetye' (Geranium 'Gravetye'), Acanthus mollis (Bear's breeches), Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' (Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'), Geranium 'Sabani Blue' (Geranium 'Sabani Blue')
Get personalised monthly care reminders with care how-tos specific to this plant.
Watch out for
Specific pests: Leafhoppers
General care
Propagation methods: Semi-hardwood cuttings, Softwood cuttings. REGISTER to read more...
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to receive detailed monthly care instructions
Ballota pseudodictamnus (False dittany) will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to match this plant to your garden
Suggested uses: City, Drought Tolerant, Beds and borders, Gravel, Containers, Rock, Foliage only
Cultivation: Grow in poor, well-drained soils in full sun.
| This plant likes... | Garden match | |
| Soil types: | Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |  |
| Soil drainage: | Well-drained | |
| Soil pH: | Acid, Neutral | |
| Light: | Full Sun | |
| Aspect: | South, West | |
| Exposure: | Exposed, Sheltered | |
| Hardiness: | Tender in frost (H3), Hardy (H4) | |
Discuss Ballota pseudodictamnus (False dittany) with other Shoot members.
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add a comment or question about this plant
Buy Ballota pseudodictamnus (False dittany) from:
- Burncoose (Buy Now Online)
- Spring Reach Nursery (Mail Order & Wholesale)
- Perryhill Nurseries Ltd (Mail Order)
- Triscombe Nurseries (Mail Order)
- Beeches Nursery (Mail Order)
- The Beth Chatto Gardens Ltd (Mail Order)
- Cottage Nurseries (Mail Order)
- Hoecroft Plants (Mail Order)
- Langthorns Plantery (Mail Order)
- Place for Plants (Mail Order)
- Ravensthorpe Nursery (Mail Order - winter months)
- Birkheads Secret Gardens & Nursery (Mail Order)
- East Northdown Farm Nursery (Mail Order)
- Great Dixter Nurseries (Mail Order)
- Bron Eifion Nursery (Mail Order)
- Brown's Barn Ltd. (Mail Order)
- Cotswold Garden Company (Mail Order & Wholesale)
- Chris Pattison (Mail Order & Wholesale)
Shoot is not responsible for the content of any third-party web site. By clicking on a third party link, you will leave the Shoot web site. Please notify us if you find an incorrect or broken link.
If you sell this plant and would like to add a link, please fill in this form.
My Plants List
Create your own plant list and get plant care reminders direct to your inbox!
My Plant Care
Get more detailed care advice, specific how-to guides and care reminder prompts right to your inbox!
My Garden Match
Check you are planting correctly with our unique garden match tool.
Did you know 30% of new plants purchased die within the first year because they are planted in the wrong place? Don't make that costly and upsetting mistake!
My Questions
Ask a question, make a comment and discuss plants and gardening!
My Plants List
Create your own plant list and get plant care reminders direct to your inbox!
What Shoot members say
"You only have to look at Shoot to find out how great your site is and very helpful. Just keep the good work up thank you."
Danny, Clitheroe, Lancashire
Report content or feedback to Shoot
Add ? to your lists
To add this plant to your lists login to your account or register for a new account.
Registration is free and straightforward.
