General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Pubescent, rounded gray-green.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Jerusalem Sage
  • Woolly Jerusalem Sage

Photo Gallery
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-28
Or Ph. cretica - hard to tell apart
Location: Crete - Rethymno
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Crete - Rethymno
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-05-05
Zone 9b.
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-14

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-11-10
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-06
Beginning of bloom zone 9b 2015-04-06

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