Phlomis lychnitis (Lampwick plant)
Other names: White woolly Jerusalem sage, Lamwick plant, Phlomis clusii
P. lychnitis is a compact, upright, deciduous shrub with linear, woolly, grey-green leaves and upright racemes of tiered, whorled, hooded, yellow flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem sage)
Other names: Yellow clary, Jupiter's distaff
P. fruticosa has sage-like, grey-green ovate leaves and hooded, deep yellow flowers.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Phlomis bourgaei (Puckered grey-green Turkish phlomis)
Other names: Phlomis fruticosa 'Bourgaei', Phlomis schwarzii
P. bourgaei is an upright, evergreen subshrub or shrub with large, wrinkled, woolly, ovate to lance-shaped, wavy, grey-green leaves in winter and spring. These leaves fall in summer during flowering and are replaced by smaller, brown-woolly leaves. Whorls of hooded, bright yellow flowers bloom in summer.
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0.8m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Phlomis 'Edward Bowles' (Jerusalem sage 'Edward Bowles')
'Edward Bowles' is an upright, evergreen subshrub with large, wrinkled, heart-shaped, grey-green leaves and, in summer, whorls of hooded, bright yellow flowers, paler on the hoods.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Phlomis russeliana 'Speckled Hen' (Turkish sage 'Speckled Hen')
'Speckled Hen' is an upright, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with ovate to heart-shaped, hairy, mid-green leaves and sturdy stems bearing tiered whorls of hooded, light yellow flowers in summer.
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0.7m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Leonotis leonurus (Lion's ear)
Other names: Lion's tail, Phlomis leonurus
L. leonurus is a tender, upright, semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub or subshrub with lance-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and whorls of tubular, orange-red to deep red flowers in autumn to early winter.
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1m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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