Home Sitemap Site Index Contact About Us Back To Perennial Index
|
|
Home Sitemap Site Index Contact About Us Back To Perennial Index |
Divide and Transplant - Perennials Love Fall Planting © 2007Visit Our Online Store.For Perennials and Perennial Seed |
Teucrium chameadrys Family - Labiatae Sun - Part Sun < Hardy to USDA Zone 5- 9 The genus name is of ancient Greek origin. It is possibly named after Teucer, who was a King of Troy. Legend has it he used germander medicinally. This Perennial plant has reputed medicinal qualities, good for dropsy, gout, and stomach ailments. It has also been used to heal wounds and as an antiseptic. Germander grows about four to twelve inches tall and sports spikes of pinkish-purple flowers in summer. It is easily trainable as a small hedge plant and is used in English knot gardens. Germander has an oder similar to garlic and was used in earlier times as an air freshener. It can also be used in place of hops in beer making. Propagation of Germander is by seed, cutting, or layering. The seed takes a long time to germinate, up to thirty days or more. Cuttings root readily under mist in late spring. Or take a long sprig and bury the mid-section in dirt without cutting it off. By fall it should have sprouted roots and is ready to separate from the mother plant. Germander isn’t a vigorous grower in my southeastern Indiana garden. I like the plant, so I will always have some in cultivation. It seems to have very few problems and since few grow it around here, it lends a bit of the unusual to the beer garden. |
