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Phlomis viscosa (Viscid Jerusalem Sage) - An evergreen shrub 3 to 5 feet tall with ovate 2 to 3 inch long woolly and wrinkled yellow-green leaves that are lighter on the underside. From late spring to early summer 1/2-inch-long yellow flowers in many-flowered wooly clusters (whorls) bloom at the branch tips.
Plant in full sun to light shade and irrigate occasionally if at all. Seem hardy to the mid-20s and likely less. A tough and decorative drought tolerant plant.
Phlomis viscosa is native to rocky slopes from 1,000 to 4,700 feet in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Turkey. The name for the genus dates back to the first century AD from the Greek physician Dioscorides use of the word to describe some plants in the genus and it thought to originate from the Greek word meaning "flame" because the leaves of some species were used for lamp wicks. The specific epithet "viscosa" means viscid or sticky but this plant does not seem anymore so than many other of the Phlomis. We received this plant from Carol Bornstein, horticulturist at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and have grown it since 2009
The information about Phlomis viscosa that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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