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Shrubby germander

Teucrium fruticans

Climate-suitable non-native

Growing guidance

Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.

Current-climate suitability

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Sun

Full sun

Soil moisture

free-draining, average

Heat tolerance

Up to about 45°C

Cold tolerance

Down to about -8°C

Waterlogging tolerance

1/5

Drought tolerance

5/5

Mature size

1–1.5 m tall, 1.5 m spread

Seasonal interest

Spring to autumn · Pale blue

Maintenance

low

Wildlife supported

General wildlife value 4/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)

Known risks or warnings

Frost damage in cold inland winters.

Toxicity: none

Verified botanical record

Accepted scientific name
Teucrium fruticans L.
Family
Lamiaceae (Lamiales)
Rank and status
species · accepted
GBIF record
Taxon 2926902

Recorded native range: Portugal Continental

Recorded as introduced in: Baleares, Greece

Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.

Teucrium fruticans (common name tree germander or shrubby germander) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean. Growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 4 m (13 ft) wide, it is a spreading evergreen shrub with arching velvety white shoots, glossy aromatic leaves and pale blue flowers in summer. The Latin specific epithet fruticans means "shrubby" or "bushy".

Description from Wikipedia — Teucrium fruticans (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.

Native status and geographic context

  • United Kingdom: climate-suitable
  • United States: climate-suitable
  • Australia: climate-suitable

Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.

Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.