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RE: Elshotzia stauntonii

> Elshotzia stauntonii
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> Elsholtzia.stauntonii var alba;
> Impulse order from chiltern seeds. Now find myself with three pinches of
> tiny seeds and without any instructions. Any suggestions ? Plant with
> typical catalogue fervour described as:
> Invaluable hardy semi-woody N.Chinese shrub to 4-5', long lance-shaped
> leaves smelling of mint when crushed, freely bearing large panicles of
> white fls. up to 8" long from August onwards. If cut down by a hard winter,
> it produces a crop of flowering stems the following spring.
> Mark
> Speakman in Annaghdown, Ireland
> markspkn@iol.ie

Per Richard Bird...Propagation of Hardy Perennials

These are normally increased by vegetative means.  They can be divided in spring or cuttings taken in summer.  They can also be increased from seed sown in spring.
Plant out in any good garden soil in full sun.
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