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Nashia inaguensis |
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| Common name |
moujean tea; Bahama berry |
| Family |
verbenaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z9-11)  |
| Flowers |
cream (late summer-fall) |
| Size |
to 7' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil, not too dry |
Evergreen shrub native to the Bahamas, with small, crinkly-glossy leaves. Both flowers and leaves are fragrant, and the berries that follow are used to flavor a tea. I bought this on a whim from the Peckerwood Garden sale area and stuck it in our rock garden because it is still a small plant and I like the leaves. If it survives the winter, I'll decide what to do with it in the long run.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Beverly Howard | Apr 29, 2021 | I just learned of this plant recently and although it sounded charming, I was afraid to try it because of the descriptions of it needing constant moisture. I may have seen it in a list of butterfly plants for FL and/or edible plants because it is used for tea.
Alas, ours did not survive the winter freeze |
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