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Trichostema lanatum
Also called Wooly Bluecurls
Woolly bluecurls is a small evergreen shrub from coastal chaparral in California and northern Baja California, grown for its blue flowers. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and dry conditions, and resents summer watering.
Trichostema lanatum, also known as woolly bluecurls, is a small evergreen shrub or sub-shrub native to arid coastal chaparral regions of California down to the northern tip of Baja California, Mexico.
Trichostema lanatum is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and several cultivars have been developed. It attracts hummingbirds and bumblebees.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trichostema lanatum 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.
