woolly bluecurls
Trichostema lanatum
USDA zones8 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds dry soil
Size3 to 5 feet tall3 to 5 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Blue
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Woolly bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum) is an evergreen shrub for borders, containers, and low maintenance gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 8, or down to 10°F (-12°C). This plant likes full sun and dry, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to browse other plants first. Narrow, aromatic leaves cover the much-branched stems. Royal-blue flowers open in fuzzy spikes about 12 inches long.
Pairs well with Eastern mojave buckwheat, California brittlebush, and Big berry manzanita.
Native range
CA.