Teucrium, Germander, Truthful Cat Thyme

Purple Tails
Teucruim Hercanicum
inwards our garden belatedly May 2015

Teucriums accept several names simply whatever they are called, nosotros dear the ones inwards our garden. The almost mutual names include Germander in addition to Cat Thyme.

Teucriums are host plants for sure enough moths simply inwards the v years we've grown the plants, we've haven't seen whatever chewing on the leaves.

The listing of Teucriums is impressive in addition to we've exclusively grown the ones nosotros accept in addition to hence far from seed, though nosotros in all probability should crusade a few more.

Mountain Valley Growers has the Creeping Germander that you lot may desire for a stone wall or xeriscape garden inwards zones v through 11.

The plants are perennial hither inwards zone seven simply they are non evergreen every bit they are advertised inwards warmer zones.

Re-potting seed-grown Purple in addition to Pink Tails

 When the flowers faded in addition to seeds set, I collected the seeds past times wrapping my manus to a greater extent than or less the stalk in addition to lifting, stripping the entire stem.

 After collecting the seeds, I sprinkled them onto moist, sterile potting reason in addition to pressed them in. The containers were seat into filtered calorie-free inwards the garden shed.

These iii photos are of the seedlings that resulted from that seed planting a duet of months ago.

The seeds were started inwards re-purposed strawberry clamshell containers. The rootage organisation you lot run across on the correct was removed from the clamshell alongside a re-purposed Popsicle stick.

Each seedling directly has its ain container in addition to I'll decease on them protected inwards the shed over the winter.

Next jump they volition become out into the garden to supervene upon the Purple in addition to Pink Tails plants we've lost over the years.

Pase Seeds sells Teucruim Hircanicum seeds.

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