EVERSILVER™ creeping germander will creep its way into your heart
EVERSILVER™ creeping germander
Teucrium ‘Harlequin’s Silver’
Photo by Michael Guidi
EVERSILVER™ creeping germander provides a bright carpet of silvery foliage throughout the year making it an ideal, controlled groundcover for the waterwise garden. In early summer, it’s covered with beautiful purple flowers. It often reblooms in the fall, providing a late season source of nectar for pollinators.
Native to the Mediterranean Balearic Islands, it thrives on alkaline, rocky, well-drained soils in full sun. Sand, gravel, low fertility, heat, cold… this creeping germander can handle them all.
This fine addition to the rock garden looks good twelve months of the year. The silver dissected foliage is truly eye-catching.
Pair it with lavender and rosemary for an aromatic, attractive celebration of Mediterranean plants. Or try it next to Golden-Flowered Prairie Zinnia for a striking contrast of yellow and blue. The aroma of EVERSILVER™ creeping germander’s crushed foliage is hard to pin down, but it has been described as reminiscent of pineapple, fruit gum or honey. Whatever its scent, it’s a stunning, low-maintenance garden perennial.
Height: 4-6″
Width: 24-36″
Flowering season: May to July, may rebloom in fall
Light: Full sun
Water: Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-10
is this a chance seedling of T. aronium or a hybrid? I see no reference to parentage. Thx
It’s a hybrid with genetics from both Teucrium aroanium and Teucrium cossonii. Be aware, there are a lot of mislabeled plants out there when it comes to these genus and species. Definitely look for EVERSILVER and that will be the silver zone 5 Teucrium you are looking for.
My creeping germander is turning brown and dying off from the center. I have it on a drip system. Do you think I am overwatering it?
Yes, Stop watering it once established and it sounds like it is.
this would be perfect – ever silver creeping germander – except that it requires full sun. I have an area that is shady and every time I fine something that seems good it requires full sun. isn’t there anything that grows well in shade?
We are working on more shade plants. Check in next year.