This rare and new-in-cultivation evergreen shrub from Madeira is worth growing as a foliage plant alone with its large soft, velvety-sage-green scallop-edged leaves. However, a glorious multitude of showy, six inch purple-violet-rose spikes, many to a stem, are held upright, smothering the foliage from top to bottom on a dense rounded bush from May to August. In addition, it is easy, drought tolerant, and deer proof. Gentle pruning in early spring will keep it flowering every year. Finally it will grow almost anywhere, from bone dry (as in Madeira) to a damp shady corner. A worthy introduction to gardens! ... Learn More

This dwarf downy plant has oval, deeply cut leaves, and small 'snapdragon' flowers which are pink to purple and form in whorls from the stem at the base of the leaves. It flowers from June to October, preferring limy soils and bare stony ground. In the wild it is native to western Europe, especially France and Germany. A rare British native, it has declined since 1930 due to agricultural intensification, scrub encroachment and lack of grazing. ... Learn More

The only one Graham Stuart Thomas cares to describe and what a beauty it is! A priceless mid and late summer plant, with crowded spikes of deep purplish-red flowers above a low bush of aromatic sage-like growth. ... Learn More

An attractive, dry-loving, evergreen dwarf shrub making a dense mound of most attractive dimpled and crimped leaves having noticeable white spots between the crimping. The short spikes of yellow-green flowers are an added attraction. ... Learn More

An attractive foliage form of Teucrium viscidum with pale purple flowers in summer, but grown for the bright golden or variegated foliage. Seedlings will vary, producing green, gold and variegated plants. Choose the ones you like best and propagate from them. ... Learn More