General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 4 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Tuber
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: considered difficult, fluctuating temps may be required
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Phlomis
  • Tuberous Jerusalem Sage
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Phlomoides tuberosa
  • Synonym: Phlomis tuberosa

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Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-07-03
Location: Havoc Hall garden, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-06-17
- Grew beautifully in the clay soil in Robson, but not in the san
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: Bide A Wee cottage garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2013-07-17
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-06-07
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-07
An exciting plant in a friends garden.
Location: Havoc Hall garden, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: Bide A Wee cottage garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2013-07-17
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-06-04
Location: My Garden
Date: 2016-04-07
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-06-11
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-05-28

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15 
Leaves in the basal rosette show this nifty curl.
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-06-15
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2015-05-15

Date: 2012-10-02
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-04
Just prior to bloom
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-06-27
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Wish I had the seeds for that one... by lovesblooms Mar 21, 2015 4:53 PM 1

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