Teucrium Silver Box

Common Name:
Teucrium 'Silver Box'

Description:
Teucrium 'Silver Box' is a striking evergreen shrub admired for its compact form and silvery-grey foliage, offering year-round structure and colour to the garden. Its small, box-like shape makes it a modern and drought-tolerant alternative to traditional box hedging, ideal for formal borders, low hedges, or container planting. With naturally dense, tightly-clipped-looking growth, this variety rarely requires shaping, making it a low-maintenance choice for those after a refined look without the upkeep. Thriving in Melbourne’s climate, it performs well in full sun to part shade and prefers free-draining soils. Once established, it is highly drought-tolerant and hardy to frost. Soft blue to lilac flowers appear in spring to summer, adding a soft contrast to the silvery foliage. Its aromatic leaves and neat appearance make it perfect for modern, Mediterranean, and coastal-style gardens.

Form:
*Shrub - Small
*Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding
*Suitable for Hedging
*Suitable for Topiary

Mature Size:
*Height: 60–80 cm
*Width: 60–80 cm

Aspect:
*Full Sun
*Part Shade

Flowering:
*Flowers in Spring
*Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
*Blue
*Lilac

Key Attributes:
*Suitable for Pots
*Drought Tolerant
*Low Maintenance
*Suitable for Hedging
*Suitable for Topiary
*Bee Attracting
*Perennial
*Frost Hardy

Toxicity:
Not known to be toxic to humans or animals.

Companion Plants:
*Lavandula species (Lavender)
*Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary)
*Salvia nemorosa
*Westringia fruticosa
*Pittosporum 'Golf Ball'