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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15-20 cm
Plant Spread: 20 cm
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Alpine Gardening
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Groundcover
Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Division
Pollinators: Self
Bees
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Wall Germander

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Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 09.02.21
Unfussy groundcover, bee magnet
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 09.12.21
Roomy landing pads for bees
Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2020-06-20
Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2020-06-20
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Date: 2017-09-02
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 09.12.21
Germander flowers, #pollinators
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 09.04.21
Empty receptacles after flowers drop add textural interest
Location: Twisp
Date: June
Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-08-31
Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-01-19
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-08-24
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Calgary
Date: 2016-01-25 
Seeds
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-05-30
Bloom just coming on here in 9b.
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-07-03
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-08-28
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-25
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-05-31
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-09
Location: Photo taken in my garden after a snow fall.
Date: 2013-02-05
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-06-02
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-08-28
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-08-28
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-08-28

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Sep 16, 2014 3:49 PM concerning plant:
    Shear in early spring to 6" for fuller plant. Protect from winter wind burn with evergreen boughs.
  • Posted by Yorkshirelass on May 5, 2017 12:39 PM concerning plant:
    A Solitary Wool Carder bee was attracted to this plant in my garden. A very possessive insect which attacked other bees, Visited daily until the flowers faded.
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