Botanical Name: Teucrium chamaedrys
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Common Name: Wall Germander  
Plant photo of: Teucrium chamaedrys
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub, Ground cover, Perennial, Herb

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Pink, Purple

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green, Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Susan Frommer/Engstrom
  • Description

  • Notes

Wall germander is a shrubby, woody-based, clump-forming, broad leaf evergreen, grown for its attractive, aromatic, semi-evergreen foliage. Tiny, oval, scalloped, shiny dark green leaves densely cover numerous ascending and spreading stems which collectively form a mound of foliage about 12 to 15 inches tall and wide. Leaves resemble miniature oak leaves (chamaedrys means "ground oak" in reference to the leaf shape and ground cover habit). Whorls of two lipped, tubular, pink to purple (less frequently white) flowers (typical mint family) appear in terminal clusters in late spring to early summer. Use it to edge a sunny border, to line walks, or in a sunny place where you want something "boxwood-like." A very old plant, it has commonly been used in herb and knot gardens for hundreds of years.