Hedge Germander

Description

Fully hardy evergreen which makes an excellent low, neat, flowering hedge, which we have nick-named ‘A Royal Choice’ as it has replaced diseased box hedges at Highgrove. Small, dense, dark green leaves with reddish edges with pleasant spicy aroma are topped with many spikes of dainty pink flowers in summer and early autumn. These are attractive to bees. Medicinal plant, traditionally used in knot gardens. Soil neutral to alkaline, in clay soils it may be necessary to work some grit to provide a well-drained soil.