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Pierre Bonnet, Tela Botanica · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jerusalem sage
Phlomis fruticosa L.
Family: Lamiaceae
0.5 to 1.2 m tall
Dry gardens, rock gardens, borders, poor, free-draining soils
Flowering: May – July
Full sun
Hardy to -12°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its yellow flowers arranged in superimposed tiers along long, upright stems are very recognisable.
🍃 Leaves
Evergreen, oval, grey-green, felted, aromatic
🌸 Flowers
Large golden-yellow flowers in tiered whorls along the stem
🍎 Fruits
Small dry achenes
🪵 Bark
Upright grey-green stems, clump-forming habit
🗺️ Distribution
Eastern Mediterranean; grown in France as an ornamental, sometimes self-sown or naturalised in a few southern departments (Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône...).
🐝 Value for pollinators
Yellow flowers arranged in whorls, rich in nectar, much visited by bees and bumblebees in early summer.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Planted in dry borders or Mediterranean rock gardens for its woolly grey-green foliage.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
No known toxicity.
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