This small shrub has slender densely woolly ascending branches that form a rounded open habit. It has grey green hairy elliptical leaves and the small purple funnel-shaped flowers appear in a woolly spike above the foliage from winter to spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Lachnostachys verbascifoliaIs naturally found south-west Western Australia growing inland in shrubland or woodlands from Perth to Geraldton and extending south to Esperance.

It prefers an open to exposed sunny position and grows in very well-drained, poor sandy soils that are tending acidic. It is drought and light frost tolerant and regenerates from seed after fire.

Lambs' Tails is grown for its rounded bushy habit and its flowers. It is planted small or arid gardens long borders or in a rockery as specimen and in group plantings in parks and large gardens. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and establishes in 2-3 but maybe short lived. This shrub can also be grown in pots or planter boxes but may be difficult to obtain outside its native region requiring a specialist nursery. ID 3797

Lachnostachys (lak-no-STAK-us) verbascifolia(ver-bask-ee-FO-lee-uh)

Lamiaceae(lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
(Labiatae)
Mint Family