Teucrium canadense
Wood-sage, Canadian Germander
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Plant Specifics
Form: | Flower | |
Size: | 2-3 ft | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Pink,blue,lavender | |
Fruit Color: | NA | |
Phenology: | Winter dormant | |
Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Moist wildflower garden. Makes a good mass planting on the edge of a pond or ditch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Considerations: | This plant will spread to form a large colony in moist areas. Plant where this is an asset. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Seed. Division. Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Native nurseries, Seed, Specialty providers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Tolerant of inundation with brackish water | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Adaptable |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
Occasionally visited by humminbirds (Wikipedia) | |
Insects: |
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Native Habitats: | Swamps, floodplains, marshes, wet meadows, wet pastures, margins of lakes and ponds, cypress domes, ditches, disturbed sites. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures