Phlomis italica Tea towel She has thousands of faces

She has thousands of faces

The flowers are papery and make great dried flowers as well as making a great flower for picking

it will spread over time to form large clumps which can be easily split

The great thing about this plant is that it is low care

but I have read that it can be described as deciduous so if you are further south then you may see it disappear over winter

Phlomis italica Tea towel She has thousands of facesPhlomis italica also known as woolly sage is a striking foliage perennial or small shrub that has narrow felted wooly, grey green, upstanding leaves. The hooded flowers are a beautiful lilac pink almost a marshmallow pink, that are carried in whorls around the stems in the leaf axils in late summer, although ours often will start flowering mid spring. Plants will thrive in a sunny, sheltered site, in well drained soil, plants will also cope with a