Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific Name: Phlomis cashmeriana
Common Name: Cashmere Sage
Description | A showy Asian import with lavender pink flowers. |
Pronunciation | (FLOW-miss)(kash-meer-ee-AN-uh) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 4b-8 |
Sunlight | full to shade |
Moisture | average, tolerates dry, good xeriscape plant |
Soil & Site | average well drained |
Flowers | lavender pink, lilac purple, hooded, axillary whorls, in summer |
Fruit | ornamental whorled seedheads |
Leaves | opposite, egg shaped, unsymmetrical truncate base, pubescent with a crenate margin |
Stems | square and pubescent |
Dimensions | 3-5 feet, space 18-24 inches |
Maintenance | cut back after bloom |
Native Site | Native to the drier regions of Himalayas and Kashmir. |
Cultivar Origin | Introduced by "Plant Select" in 2004. |
Misc Facts | Cashmeriana means of Kashmir origin. (Syn P. dichroa) |
Notes & Reference | #79-Perennials For Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson),
Plant Select web site, excerpt from the book "The Jade Garden" by Brent Hine) |
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