• Common Name: Jerusalem sage
  • Botanical Name: Phlomis fruticosa
  • Family name: mint family
  • Type: perennial
  • Zone Hardiness: 8-10
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Width: 3-5 feet
  • Blooms: right angled, yellow, hooded flowers arranged in whorls along the upper part of the stems and at the stem ends
  • Bloom time: May to July
  • Sun: full sun
  • Leaves: large, rough, and hairy, with a shape that can be ovate, heart-shaped, or oblong-lanceolate.
  • Maintenance: low, for beginners. Requires pruning in the fall.
  • Tolerates: drought, sun, heat
  • Attracts: bees, butterflies, birds
  • Texas Superstar: no
  • Texas Native: no
  • Invasive: no