[David Dickinson]

Is this just a strange shaped Phlomis fruticosa or perhaps Phlomis lanata? I am used to seeing fruticosa with upright stems and lots of whorls of flowers on each stem, The plant I photographed was in a low light position hemmed in between a tall school building and a row of street trees. It had very little direct sun, But it had grown into a straggly bush with twisted stems, There was only one flower head at the end of a stem. There were some seed heads and these were at the end of a stem and only one per stem. The leaves were more rounded than I am used to seeing and much more spaced out giving the bush a very open look. It was about 2 feet high. The stems were woody, hard and seemed rounded rather than square.

[oron peri]

David,
By the form, structure and hairyness of the leaves i would say P. fruticosa

[David Dickinson]

Thanks Oran. I must say I liked this plant much better than the bushier ones I see in the parks around here. I suppose that if my cuttings take I will have to starve it of direct sunshine to get the same effect.