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Re: Leonotis or The Mint That Ate Milwaukee Geoff's reply

I found it growing by the roadside in N Mexico.   The seed did well on
alkaline chalk soil at the Dallas Nature Center, Texas, where it grew to
about 6ft reliably, self-reseeded, until I retired, when they converted that
bed to lawn.

Thompson & Morgan does not list it.  Your entry for a seed supplier is
blank.

Envirocordial greetings, and thanks,    Geoff
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Martinson <dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: Leonotis or The Mint That Ate Milwaukee


>>Dear Friends
>>
>>I failed to include propagation details for Leonotis with the
>>info I supplied earlier.
>>
>>Wild dagga [Leonotis spp.] is very easily grown from seed & the plant
>>is quite common in South African nurseries & gardens. The seeds
>>do not require any form of pre-treatment for germination.
>>
>>Leonotis seed - and seed of many other South African plants -
>>available from:
>>
>
>
>Last summer, I collected Leonotus lantana seeds and just kept them in an
>air tight jar until this spring and sowed them in ordinary seed compost in
>April.  The resulting plant was much larger than described for either L.
>leonurus or L. nepetifolia.
>
>If you'd like to take a peek, you can see it at:
>http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/leonotus.html
>
>Don Martinson
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>d*@post.its.mcw.edu
>
>"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
>Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
>
>
>
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