jillraggett:

Plant of the Day
Thursday 7 June 2018

With both box blight, a disease of the leaves and stems caused by the fungus Cylindrocladium buxicola, and box tree caterpillar (Cydalima perspectalis) causing problems for the health of Buxus (box) hedges here is an alternative. For the productive garden at Myddelton House, Enfield, near London, they are using Teucrium × lucidrys (hybrid germander) to edge the beds. This low-growing, woody-based evergreen perennial needs full sun and will produce clusters of small rose-pink flowers in mid to late summer which are much appreciated by the bees.

Jill Raggett