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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Full Sun
6+ hours of direct sun per day
Soil
Rocky, well-drained soils. Limestone-based, Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Caliche type
Heat Tolerant
yes
Cold Tolerant
yes
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Plant Type
Shrubs, Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
3-6 ft.
Flower
Small (up to 1") bloom singly from the leaf axils at various times during the year but primarily from summer into fall. The flowers are followed by 2-valved capsules., Flowers 1 inch wide, Several months of periodic flowering. Often flowers after a few summer showers, which is why one of its common names is barometer bush.
Benefits
Ornamental
A hedgeable evergreen shrub with attractive foliage and long-lasting, ornamental blooms.
Attracts
Butterflies
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Taxonomy
Order
Lamiales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Leucophyllum
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