Germanders

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This section should really be titled "Teucriums," but since many gardeners would not make the connection, we decided to go with the sometimes misleading "Germanders." Papa Geno thinks these are the most underappreciated plants in his greenhouses. While once grown chiefly for medicinal purposes, the varieties listed below are wonderful ornamentals, both for containers and for the garden. The common germander can be pruned into a tight miniature hedge, and the creeping makes a thick, lush groundcover. They are reasonably hardy through zone 5 or 6.

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9863. Common Germander $4.75

You've seen it many times in photographs of Elizabethan knot gardens. This is the low-grower, clipped as a hedge. Hardy through at least Zone 5, one of the few reliable small hedges available to northern herb gardeners. Purple flowers; dark green leaves. In the temperate Midwest these can grow into a sphere 2 feet in diameter. Can be planted outdoors in the Autumn.
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9864. Creeping Germander $4.75

A close relative of the Common Germander, this one is an evergreen, creeping groundcover, sometimes mounding to about 6 inches. Dark green leaves; dense foliage; rose flowers. Hard-to-define "herby" smell. Great for edging a perennial border. Winter-hardy into Zone 5 at least. Can be planted outdoors in the Autumn.
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