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It is an evergreen shrub whose scientific name is Teucrium fruticans, but which is popularly known as Teucrio, olivilla, sage bitter, olive, sage rabies or royal Trojan. It grows to a maximum height of 2 metres, although it is usually left between 50 and 150cm. Its stems are erect, highly branched, and glabrous.
The leaves measure between 15 and 55mm by 8-35mm, and are oval, flat, leathery, whole, with an olive green bundle and a whitish underside. The flowers are grouped in clusters, and are hermaphroditic or female, white-pink, lilac or blue in colour. The fruit is dry, obovate and brown in colour. It flowers in spring and sometimes in summer.
Situation: It is a bush that likes the sun very much, it supports the semi shade as long as it has more hours of light than of darkness.
Substratum: They like deep, fertile sandy soils.
Watering: It doesn't need much watering, in fact excess humidity is fatal for this plant which is perfectly adapted to dry periods.
Fertilizer: It likes natural fertilizers in spring and in summer.
Breeding: Its multiplication is by cuttings at the end of the summer and by seeds in spring.
Pruning: It should be stripped of the dry leaves and branches, as this bush looks best by means of a rounded pruning.
Pests and diseases: It's a resistant plant, the only thing we should watch out for is the excess of humidity that the presence of fungus can cause.
It resists frosts down to -5ºC and very hot climates with temperatures of 40ºC.
Teocrium fructicans is a bush very well adapted to the Mediterranean climate, it gives an intense green colour, being resistant to periods of drought and sunshine.
Teocrium fructicans is a bush very well adapted to the Mediterranean climate, it gives an intense green colour, being resistant to periods of drought and sunshine.
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