Common Name:

Plant Type:
Evergreen shrub
Family:
Lamiaceae (formerly in Verbenaceae)
Geographic Origin:
Middle East
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
6-8 feet high
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Summer

Flower Color:
Violet
Exposure:
Sun or light shade
Soils:
Well-drained soil

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 20-25 degrees F.

This is an openly branched, somewhat spreading shrub, probably growing 6-8 feet high. It has wonderful velvety leaves, on the same plant both undivided and cut into triplets of 2-3 inch leaflets. These are dark green with a strong purple tinge above, entirely painted in reddish purple beneath. It displays small purple flowers in short clusters at the shoot tips in late summer and fall.