Azure Bush Germander

Teucrium fruticans 'Azureum'

Pronunciation: TEW-kri-um fru-ti-CANS
SKU #07274
8-9

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This tough performer has aromatic gray-green leaves with silvery white undersides that shimmer in the sunlight. Flowers are a darker blue than other varieties. Tolerates poor, rocky soils. An attractive, waterwise solution for fast-draining, unimproved slopes, and minimal care gardens. A nice container accent. Evergreen.
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Once established, water occasionally.
SIZE: Fast growing shrub; reaches 4 to 6 ft. tall and wide.

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This Plant's Growing Zones: 8-9

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Bloom TimeSpring through fall
Deciduous/EvergreenEvergreen
Special FeaturesEasy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise, Fast Growing
Problems/SolutionsCoastal Exposure, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Urban Pollution
Growth RateFast
Growth HabitMounding
Flower AttributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
Landscape UseBorder, Container, Hedge, Hillside
Design IdeasThe blue flowers of this germander are much sought after in gardens. Use this shrub in the border as an accent with other blues or contrast it with bright colored shrubs and perennials. A good choice for poor soils.
Flower ColorBlue
Foliage ColorGray-green
Companion PlantsLoropetalum (Loropetalum); Lavender Cotton (Santolina); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Coneflower (Echinacea); Tickseed (Coreopsis)
Care InstructionsProvide average, neutral to slightly alkaline, loose, well-drained soil; avoid heavy clay with poor drainage. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates drought. Fertilize in early spring. Does not require pruning, but tolerates shearing well.
LoreTeucrium was named for Teucer, the legendary first king of Troy who pioneered use of these plants as medicinals.
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Bloom TimeSpring through fall
Deciduous/EvergreenEvergreen
Special FeaturesEasy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise, Fast Growing
Problems/SolutionsCoastal Exposure, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Urban Pollution
Growth RateFast
Growth HabitMounding
Flower AttributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
Style
Landscape UseBorder, Container, Hedge, Hillside
Design IdeasThe blue flowers of this germander are much sought after in gardens. Use this shrub in the border as an accent with other blues or contrast it with bright colored shrubs and perennials. A good choice for poor soils.
Flower ColorBlue
Foliage ColorGray-green
Companion PlantsLoropetalum (Loropetalum); Lavender Cotton (Santolina); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Coneflower (Echinacea); Tickseed (Coreopsis)
Care
Care InstructionsProvide average, neutral to slightly alkaline, loose, well-drained soil; avoid heavy clay with poor drainage. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system. Once established, reduce frequency; tolerates drought. Fertilize in early spring. Does not require pruning, but tolerates shearing well.
History
LoreTeucrium was named for Teucer, the legendary first king of Troy who pioneered use of these plants as medicinals.

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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.