American Germander
Teucrium canadense
American germander is an adaptable native perennial with spikes of lipped pink-lavender flowers in summer, a tough, spreading bee plant for sunny to part-shaded moist ground and pond edges.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY