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Products > Trichostema parishii   Trichostema parishii - Mountain Bluecurls Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Mints) Origin: California (U.S.A.) Flower Color: Blue Bloomtime: Spring/Summer Height: 2-3 feet Width: 3-4 feet Exposure: Full Sun Irrigation (H2O Info): No Irrigation required Winter Hardiness: 0-10° F Trichostema parishii (Mountain Bluecurls) - This attractive evergreen plant is like a diminutive form of Woolly Blue Curls (T. lanatum) that only grows to 2 to 3 feet tall by 3 to 4 feet wide with narrow dark green leaves that are less aromatic than T. lanatum and with blue flowers that are less congested and hardly wooly. Plant in very well-drained soil and withhold summer irrigation. Plant in full to nearly full sun (tolerates summer afternoon sun). It is native to yellow pine forests and joshua tree woodlands from 2,000 to 6,000 ft in mountainous areas of eastern San Diego County north into the San Jacinto Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains and Transverse Ranges in Santa Barbara County. It grows in pine forest and Joshua Tree woodlands. Another listed common name for this plant is Parish's Romero, which comes from the similarities between Rosemary (Romero) and Trichostema lanatum, that were noted during the Portola expedition in 1769. We grew this plant in 2007 and 2008 when seed of this species was inadvertantly shipped to us as Trichostema lanatum - a nice plant but not as nice as the larger Wooly Bluecurls.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Trichostema parishii.     [MORE INFO]