Phlomis chrysophylla


Phlomis chrysophylla, the golden-leaved Jerusalem sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae , native to southwest Asia. It is an evergreen shrub growing to tall by wide, with woolly-textured, sage-like leaves that turn lime green with age, and yellow flowers carried in the leaf axils in early summer.
The specific epithet chrysophylla means "golden-leaved".
In cultivation it requires some protection in winter. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.