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Pink Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys by HZell Wikimedia creative commons license.

Pink Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys

Pink Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys by HZell Wikimedia creative commons license.

Pink Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys

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Pink Germander (Teucrium)

Name: Pink Germander (Teucrium)
Brand: High Country Gardens
SKU: HC016226
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

Teucrium chamaedrys

SKU: HC016226

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Pink Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) is an Old World perennial grown for its attractive deep glossy green, evergreen foliage and showy display of pink flowers in late spring. Drought resistant (xeric) perennial plant.

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Botanical Name

Teucrium chamaedrys

Advantages

Bee Friendly, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Groundcover, Evergreen

Growing Zones

Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10

Light Requirements

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Waterwise, Average

Water Tolerance

Low-Water

Mature Height

15-16" tall

Mature Spread

18" wide

Bloom Time

Late spring to early summer

SKU

HC016226

Description

(15-16 " tall x 18 " wide.) Pink Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) is an Old World perennial has attractive glossy, evergreen foliage and a profuse late spring display of pink flowers. With a neat, mounding habit, this heat loving plant is an excellent choice for knot gardens and for planting along paths and driveways where a more formal look is desired. Shear back in mid-spring to maintain its attractive foliage and shape.

Planting Care

Teucrium (Germander) is a huge family of perennials, herbs and shrubs found world-wide, with the highest concentration of species in the Mediterranean region of Europe and Northern Africa.

Preferred growing conditions:

Plant in sandy or gravel soils, although many species can adapt to well drained loam soils; avoid clay.
Most species are best positioned in a full sun location.
Mulch with gravel or pine needles in dry Western climates. Leave un-mulched in moister climates.
Water regularly the first growing season to establish the plant. Thereafter, only occasional deep watering is needed, when conditions are dry in the heat of summer.
Deadhead the flowers when blooming is finished. Groundcover Teucrium chaemadrys 'Prostratum,' when used as a lawn substitute, can be mowed to deadhead the flower spikes.
Fertilize lightly in the fall with Yum Yum Mix.

Special comments:

Many Teucrium species are evergreen and shouldn't be cut back in the spring. But in late fall, rake off brown tree leaves and other fall debris to keep plants clean and foliage healthy over the winter. In spring, winter killed tips can be sheared off.
Teucrium chaemadrys and T. chaemadrys 'Prostratum' are a zone more cold hardy in dry winter Western climates than in the moist Eastern US.

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