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Glandora prostrata
Also called Olive Leaved Gromwell, Purple Gromwell
Creeping Gromwell is a low, spreading evergreen subshrub native to Portugal, Spain and France, grown for its vivid blue flowers. It thrives in sun and sharp drainage, and is best kept compact by pruning after flowering.
Glandora prostrata, the shrubby gromwell, creeping gromwell or purple gromwell (names it shares with Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum and Glandora diffusa), is a species of Glandora native to Portugal, Spain and France. Its cultivars 'Grace Ward' and 'Heavenly Blue' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glandora prostrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
