#elsholtzia

[jillraggett]

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

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 4 November 2018

At the end of summer the white spikes of Elsholtzia stauntonii 'Alba' (Chinese mint bush) appear and provide a display into the autumn. This plant requires a sunny well drained site, and needs pruning back to a low permanent framework in spring. 

Jill Raggett

[english-tibetan-dictionary]

elsholtzia

phur mong gla rkang - elsholtzia fruticosa (d. don) rehd. [JV]

byi rug pa - elsholtzia calycocarpa diels [JV]

byi rug ser po - elsholtzia eriostachya benth. [JV]