Teucrium scorodonia
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Teucrium scorodonia, Wood Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Teucrium
Pale greenish white flowers in summer. Soft, green, heart shaped leaves with finely toothed edges. Traditional culinary herb; the bitter tasting leaves can be used to flavour ales and beers.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H6 (-15 to -20C)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Height: up to 60cm
• Spread: 30cm
Wood Sage can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as both herb plants and online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Sand, Chalk, Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Neutral – Alkaline pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: Green, White
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: No
• Caution: Do not take medicinally unless under professional guidance.
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Division
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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