Marrubium vulgare. A hardy perennial which has aromatic grey-green wrinkled leaves that give the plant an unusual woolly appearance. Small white flowers are borne in dense whorls around the stems in summer from its second year of growing. The flowers are also attractive to bees and other pollinators. A very bitter herb which was once used to flavour beer. An infusion of the leaves can be used to treat coughs and bronchitis.
Grow in poor, well-drained soil in full sun with shelter from cold, drying winds, and protection from excessive winter wet. It will reach a height of 45cm and a spread of spread 30cm.
