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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10a
Plant Height: 3 feet to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet to 4 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Other: In colder climates the plant dies back but regrowth from roots appears in spring.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Jerusalem Sage

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Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-14
Location: Kyle
Date: 2019-03-01
Lovely, long lasting blooms
Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-22
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: 2021-04-14
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-07-13
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2018-05-11
Even after the blooms leave, an interesting-looking plant
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2018-04-05
It's taken a couple of years to get to this size but the wait was
Location: San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Kyle, TX
Date: 2021-04-29
It survived the freeze and now simply glows
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: Kyle, TX
Date: 2020-04-06
Location: Crete
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2014-06-18
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2014-06-18
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-05-20
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
Date: 2016-08-28
Location: Cherokee County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2012-04-30

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-06-15
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-06-08
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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-14
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer
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Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-04-29
Location: Crete
Date: 2022-05-27
In its natural habitat
Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen
Date: 2016-12-04
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: March
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-06-15
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-06-15
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-08-02
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-29
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Date: 2013-06-12
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