Plant Database
Fruity Germander
Teucrium cossonii majoricum
Teucrium cossonii majoricum (syn. Teucrium majoricum) is a low-growing, semi-woody evergreen shrub prized for its intensely fragrant, silvery-gray foliage and profuse lavender-purple summer flowers. Native to the Balearic Islands (Spain), this compact, spreading plant forms a dense, creeping mat of small, narrow, aromatic leaves that release a strong, sweet, fruity scent reminiscent of fruit loops or bubblegum when brushed . From late spring through summer, it produces an abundance of small, two-lipped, tubular flowers in a soft lavender-purple to mauve, rising just above the foliage, and attracting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. With its low, slow-spreading habit, excellent drought tolerance, and ability to thrive in poor, well-drained soils, it is an outstanding choice for rock gardens, Mediterranean gardens, trough gardens, between stepping stones, as a small-scale ground cover, and in containers.