Dec 6, 2019
Plant of the Day
Friday 6 December 2019
The wonderful stems of the unusual subshrub Elsholtzia stauntonii (Chinese mint shrub) still provide a display even though the dense spikes of tiny mauve flowers are over. The red autumn foliage may be gone but the old flower heads still had a minty scent when crushed! This plant behaves like an herbaceous perennial as it dies back to a woody base in the winter.
Jill Raggett