[hampan]

Can someone name this - flowered through the 2016-17 winter so I want more of it.
Thank you!

[JayB]

It's hard to tell from that picture as it is a bit small on my screen.
Is the foliage kind of velvety and soft and does it give off kind of a musty smell? The foliage that is, not the flowers.

[hampan]

I'll try and send a bigger picture.

[Alisdair]

Looks like Teucrium fruticans; there are various forms, all good in mediterranean gardens, but they may vary in hardiness slightly. If you look through this forum's main thread on Teucriums you'll see that some have been undamaged by two weeks of ice and snow, while others have suffered tip burn in -8 deg C of frost.

[hampan]

Thanks so much.  That's exactly what it is. Ours flowered all winter even w the snow. I've ordered seed of Teucrium hircanicum from Chantal and after reading the Teucrium page you mentioned I wish I'd added T flavum as well.
pat

[Janet Ibbotson]

Teucrium chamaedrys or wall germander gives good ground cover and doesn't seem to mind shade or some shade from pine trees - mine are evergreen with pinkish flowers.