When Does Teucrium Flower?

Teucrium fruticans, bush germander, grows 6-8 ft. tall and wide, has small gray-green leaves with a silvery cast on a dense, twiggy shrub of downy-white stems. It blooms from January to July with tiny lavender-blue flowers at branch tips often buzzing with bees.

How do you prune a Teucrium?

fruticans produces such vigorous growth in a single season that it requires hard pruning in early spring to reinvigorate it. Cut your plants back to around 6-9in to leave three or four bud shoots on each stem. Teucrum prefer well drained neutral to alkaline soil in full sun for best effect.

When should I prune my germander?

Prune the germander as needed throughout the summer growth period to maintain its shape and size. Shearing the plant every one to two months from early summer to fall results in a pleasantly shaped shrub that still flowers in spring.