Texas Sage – Leucophyllum

🌿Plant Care Guide

📝 Description

Texas ranger is a dense, grey leaved shrub native to texas and mexico. Slow growing, it reaches a height of 2.5 Metres with an equal spread. The silvery-grey, soft leaves form a compact foliage and the masses of rose-purple flowers sometimes cover the whole plant, providing a splash of bright colour in summer and a pleasant fragrance in spring. L. Frutescens requires full sun and likes intense heat: in the shade, it will become straggly. It is highly drought resistant and grows best on well-drained, alkaline, sandy soil, which can be poor or stony. Being frost-tolerant, moderate watering is required, occasionally deep in summer, and waterlogging should be avoided. Propagation is by cuttings. Generally pest-free, it is susceptible to texas (cotton) root rot. It could also be sheared into hedges and shapes. There are many cultivars with a range of flower and leaf colours. It is excellent as a colourful accent and contrast to other greener plants, and for planting in transition zones between intensive and extensive landscapes. It can be used on roadsides, in parks and as a screen. Maintenance requirements are low; pruning back creates denser foliage.