Phlomoides tuberosa

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Price:  £5.00 Notify me when this item is available Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Lamiaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Purple Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  1.2m to 1.8m (4' to 6') Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H5 minimum -10C to -15C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

A long lived, clump forming species with narrow triangular leaves and strong, upright, branching stems bearing whorls of light purple flowers in summer followed by good seedheads. Drained soil in sun. 1.5m.

An excellent plant to mix into a traditional herbaceous border or to use in a more contemporary meadow or prairie planting.  Phlomoides tuberosa mixes very well with grasses as the structural seedheads contrast well with the airy, floaty seedheads of many grasses.

The name tuberosa correctly suggests that the root has tubers but they are not a means of propagating the plant, just storage organs.

From central and southern Europe into central Asia.

Formerly Phlomis tuberosa...