Greek Horehound (False Dittany)
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Perennial shrub with fluffy silver foliage reminiscent of Cretan dittany in which it gets its nickname ‘False dittany’. It grows small puffed flowers with small purple blooms which are dried and used as a floating wick in traditional oil lamps and drunk as medicinal herbal tea. Plant in free draining and sandy soil.
ABOUT
Greek Horehound (False Dittany)
Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus ‘Fitilaki’
- A wild growing shrub found along the mountain sides throughout the Greek islands and Western Turkey.
- Its nickname ‘False dittany’ comes from its resemblance to Cretan dittany on the hillsides in Crete.
- It has fluffy silver leaves which have a slight fuzz and grows puffed flowers with small purple blooms
- The flowers are dried and used throughout homes, churches and monasteries as a wick for traditional oil lamps
- It can also be drunk as a medicinal herbal tea to aid with respiratory issues and coughs.
- A showy herb when established great in Mediterranean landscape designs or in dry/native-style gardens either in the ground or in large pots.
- Perennial herb that is very drought tolerant. Can be grown in part to full sun position with free draining soil.
- Grows into a bushy shrub 1MH X 1MW