Solved A silver leafed "shrub"?

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  1. Jenny namaste

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    someone gave me this last year - still healthy but no label. So, before I plant it in the wrong place, can someone tell me what it is ? I think that it may have a lemon coloured bloom and that it likes it hot and dry??
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    Hi Jenny , it looks like Buddleia to me. Check out B. Globosa , B. Weyeriana or B. Sungold.
     
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      uuummmmmm...........
      the leaves are not serrated nor are they shiny or a "fresh " green. Mine looks a bit more lichen green maybe?
       
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      Is it not a Senecio Brachyglottis, has yellow daisy flowers
       
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      Maybe phlomis from the leaf texture? Not as grey as brachyglottis, leaves opposite rather than alternate.
       
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        Phlomis for me too.....outdoors the foliage would be more grey :)
         
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          thank you so much . I think it's Phlomis too - I remember it in their garden, A front of border shrub so it will suit where it's going. Dry - facing the sun in shallow ground. Off to plant it tomorrow,
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          Only just seen this.

          Just to clarify, it's Phlomis fruiticosa and not Phlomis russeliana.

          Bees love both of them.

          These photos taken in June in our garden. fruiticosa flowers for longer than russelliana.


          fruiticosa
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          fruiticosa has smaller, and silvery looking, leaves and is more of a shrub. No need to prune or do anything with it but can cut the flower heads off in the winter. Likes dry sunny position. Propagate by cuttings.


          russelliana
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          russelliana has larger, green, leaves with very upright flowering stems that you cut right down to base in winter/autumn. The dried stems look good in flower arrangement. Can self seed very easily.
           
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