Site Characteristics

Sunlight:

• full sun

Soil conditions:

• tolerates droughty soil
• requires well-drained soil

Tolerates alkaline soil.

Plant Traits

Lifecycle: annual

Ease-of-care: easy

Height: 1 to 1.5 feet

Spread: 0.25 to 1 feet

Bloom time:

• mid-summer
• late summer

Usually flowers until frost.

Flower color:

• violet
• pink

Very small, pale lilac-pink flowers borne in widely spaced axillary whorls of 2 to 5 flower clusters

Foliage color: dark green

Turns bronze-purple in late summer.

Foliage texture: fine

Thin-leaved.

Shape: upright

Shape in flower: same as above

Special Considerations

Tolerates:

• frost - Tolerates light frost.

Special characteristics:

• deer resistant
• non-aggressive
• non-invasive
• not native to North America - Native to the Mediterranean region.
  
• fragrant - Leaves have a pungent spicy scent.

Attracts:

• beneficial insects - Bees.

Special uses:

• dried flowers - Leaves and flowers used in arrangements.

Growing Information