Yellow flowers attached to stem, evergreen

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  1. glasfryn

    glasfryn Seedling

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    The flowers are attached to the stem and are yellow.
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    it was grown from seed and has rather large elephant ears and is also evergreen.
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  3. Palustris

    Palustris Young Pine

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    Phlomis fruticosa is what it looks like to me.
     
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    glasfryn Seedling

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    thanks Palustris,I will look that up,quite honestly I did think it rather ugly but now its grown I have become rather attached to it,it is a very architectural and unusual.
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Glasfryn the plant you've shown us is a Jerusalem Sage. Here's a piccie of one in flower:

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    It's hardy in all but the coldest of gardens, although hard frost can cause passing damage to the shoot tips. Oh and by the way Palustris is also correct with his ID as Phlomis fruticosa is its Latin name.
     



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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    I like it myself.Its unusal and I like anything that is different.
     
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    Phlomis fruticosa is Jerusalem sage. There is a pink flowered Phlomis too, but mine did not survive long enough to flower for a picture!
     
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    glasfryn Seedling

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    thanks all,
    now you have identified the group I have been able to look it up in the blooming seed catalogue I got it from (it was another of the mystery seeds and I have come up with
    P.viscosa(syn.P.russelliana)
    which originates from Syria.
    info from Chiltern seeds
    they also stock from the same group
    P.purpurea
    P.samia
    P.tuberosa
    once again thanks for your help I would never have found it without knowing the group it came from.
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