title: Phlomis chrysophylla
text: # 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 1 m (3 ft) tall by 1.2 m (4 ft) 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.
  
  