Aromatic small shrub with a sage like spicy odor. The tiny flowers are lavender-purple produced most abundantly in midsummer, but sporadically whenever temperatures are warm . Small black berries are usually produced in abundance. It needs full sun for best form and heaviest flowering. Prefers dry condition. It also withstands salt spray. Used as hedges or ground cover or a container plants.It needs to be pruned to manage size to stimulate compactness. Allow a lot of room for it to spread but be careful since it's invasive.