Phlomis purpurea - white form Mail Order Plants and even upper zone 5

and even upper zone 5 in protected locations with winter mulch

or the most forsaken part of the dry border

Another nerine cross

green mottled with with gray- silver

Mid-spring flowers also emerge soft white and age to chartreuse

Phlomis purpurea - white form Mail Order Plants and even upper zone 5Medium, sprawling shrub native to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, to 5 6' tall and wide with wooly, gray green leaves and crisp white, whorled flowers that sit just atop the foliage throughout the year, with the heaviest bloom in late spring. Best in full sun with well drained soil, but can adapt to semi shade areas, too. Requires very little summer watering once established. Frost hardy to upper USDA zone 7. Deer tolerant. Cut back spent flower stems