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"great background plant"
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Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 10 reviews.
Review topics: ["plant","soil","deer","blooms","foliage","leaves"].
"great background plant"
"I just have to say, this beautiful, unusual plant has been great to have. It is planted in full sun, on a slight slope, and in poor, quick draining soil. It is mulched with largish (10-12"") river rocks. I almost lost it a few times because of not watering it enough during hot spells. If it was on level ground, it would be a lot more drought tolerant. I also have tried to propagate it by cutting off rooted pieces, but they have all died right away. I give it yum yum mix in the spring and fall, and once put a little better soil around it, and watered it in. It has large green leaves, rare in a high desert yard."
"I first planted this unusual species about 20 years ago in the late fall so it could establish itself before the hot summer. Today it's 3' tall and about the same wide. No problems with deer or any pests or disease. It's near a purple flowering salvia about the same size and age, and in summer I water them both, when the salvia looks wilty, maybe every ten days. They get partial shade. The yellow blooms last and last, and the fuzzy gray foliage is attractive the rest of the time. I deadhead and cut back any broken or dead stems, that is all it needs. I love this unusual plant."
"Gorgeous large yellow blooms but when not in bloom, the greenery is beautiful too!"
"I have this plant in a xeriscape area mulched with river rock over landscape cloth. The first plant I had there died, and I think I needed to water it more until established. This is a beautiful, unique plant. I'm glad I have it."
"Planted in June so I think I missed the bloom. Plant grew rapid on my hot/dry hillside. Looking forward to spring and hopeful it will bloom."
"I have a modified mound septic area that needed something to hide it. I decided on a xeriscape because of the sandy/gravelly soil. My Phlomis Russenliana is in a nursery bed and thrived over the summer here. I'm looking forward to it's performance in the new garden location."
"The product description for the Phlomis (I purchased both the yellow & lavender flowered varieties) doesn't seem enough, the leaves on the russeliana are at minimum 5"" X 9"", fuzzy and disease free. Give it lots of room, this is a very hardy perennial, ours was planted just last fall, buried under four feet of snow for nearly four months, and came up like crazy the second the ground thawed. Wonderful plant, grew to three ft. tall just this first season. Very highly recommended."
"Despite the description of a tall plant, it is actually short--about 5""- 6"". The tallness is in the flower stalk, which in eastern Colorado shoots up in May and blossoms in mid-June. The blossoms last about 2-weeks. For us, this plant spreads slowly. It's been in our garden 4 years, and now needs weeded out. It was first planted in the shadow of Russian Sage. It didn't begin blooming until its second season--give it a chance. After its yellow blossoms are gone, it looks unique for awhile. Then it gets ratty-looking, and I chop off the stalk. The remaining foliage is pretty."
"Early summer show. . . Everyone wants to know what it is Then. . . it does not come back after 5 yrs or so"
This Mediterranean species, native to the mountains of Syria, is admired for both its unusual whorls of soft yellow flowers and its large olive-green leaves. Phlomis russeliana (commonly known as Hardy Jerusalem Sage) has proven to be quite cold tolerant. A very tough and easy-to-grow plant, Phlomis adds an eye catching structure to the garden, combining readily with other perennials with interesting foliage, like Gray Santolina. (cutting/seed propagated)
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