Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Elsholtzia stauntonii
Family: (Lamiaceae)
(P) to 5′. Chinese Mint-Shrub. China. A bushy, deciduous sub-shrub with fragrant, ovate-elliptical, coarsely toothed leaves. Branched panicles of dense, eight-inch, spike-like, lilac-purple clusters formed of two-lipped flowers with long, prominent stamens. Blooms late summer through autumn. Cut down in early spring as it grows much like Lespedeza, blooming on new growth. Well-drained soil. Sun. 3 & T2
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