Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys | DALLAS GARDEN BUZZ
August 1, 2024
Germander Upright
In case you’re considering an alternative choice to boxwood, think about these phrases from Cyrus Hyde, the late backyard herb folklorist and founding father of Properly-Sweep Herb Farm in New Jersey. He referred to germander as “poor man’s field”. Why then, has it not acquired extra recognition on the earth of herbs?
Even our first president, George Washington was such an admirer of germander that it was planted at his Mount Vernon, Virginia property. However sadly, it appears to have pale from view till not too long ago when backyard facilities started that includes lesser recognized herbs alongside the extra fascinating buyer favorites. Fortunately, it was a clever determination with germander discovering its place as an ornamental evergreen border plant and as an alternative choice to boxwood within the beloved knot-garden design.
Germander ‘Upright’ surrounding the kids’s statue within the Edible Panorama at Raincatcher’s Backyard
Germander able to be planted at Linda’s
Germander thriving in MG’s Patty Brewer’s Backyard.
Germander is a Mediterranean native within the mint household (Lamiaceae) with small, darkish inexperienced scalloped leaves and a gentle garlic-spice aroma. It’s a hardy perennial and evergreen, holding its tidy look all year long. In early summer season whorls of purple-pink flowers seem. Bees are interested in the tiny flowers.
Develop it:
*House vegetation 2 ft aside and a minimum of 3 ft away from companion vegetation.
*Germander prefers full to partial solar and well-drained soils.
*Observe an everyday watering schedule to ascertain, then reduce to take care of well being.
*Fertilize evenly with an all-purpose natural fertilizer a few times a yr.
*Pruning proper after bloom will assist to resume the vegetation quicker.
Germander with single stem gerbera daisies gently nestled within the shiny inexperienced foliage
Linda Alexander, Dallas County Grasp Gardener Class of 2008
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August 1, 2024 Germander Upright In case you’re considering an alternative choice to boxwood, think about these phrases from Cyrus Hyde, the late backyard herb folklorist and founding father of Properly-Sweep Herb Farm in New Jersey. He referred to germander as “poor man’s field”. Why then, has it not acquired…