Wood-sage

Teucrium canadense
(Canadian Germander)
Moist wildflower garden. Makes a good mass planting on the edge of a pond or ditch.

Tolerance

Tolerant of inundation with brackish water



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Considertions

This plant will spread to form a large colony in moist areas. Plant where this is an asset.

Wildlife

Occasionally visited by humminbirds (Wikipedia)

Habitat

Swamps, floodplains, marshes, wet meadows, wet pastures, margins of lakes and ponds, cypress domes, ditches, disturbed sites.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Pollinators include bumblebees, honey bees, digger bees, cuckoo bees and megachilid bees. 
  • Nectar plant for butterflies and (occasionally) hummingbord moths (Wikipedia).
  • Flowers are also visited by flies.