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Perilla frutescens |
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| | Flowers are understated, compared to the foliar fireworks |
| Common name |
shiso, beafsteak mint |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
lavender (summer) |
| Size |
2' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
self-seeds in our garden
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| Seed ripens | early October |
Annual herb with purple foliage, spikes of lavender flowers in summer. It self-seeds abundantly in our garden, which makes for quite a display of massed plants. It's easy to pull up, though, and doesn't spread itself very far from the mother plant, so it really never becomes a nuisance.
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| | Masses of volunteer seedlings in early June make for an attractive carpet |
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| | By August, some culling is necessary to avoid choking out neighboring plants |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: pondside, vegetable garden Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Dan O'Hanlon | Sep 11, 2005 | Thanks for this beautiful picture of perilla! I finally know what that unusual colored 'weed' growing by the edge of the woods is now. Thanks again, Dan O'Hanlon |
| Charles Musgrave | Jun 01, 2006 | I have what I believe {and have been told by horticulturists in universities} that is this plant but it does not have the serrated leaves as in your picture...
Most of mine don't show quite such a pronounced serration - but they're always serrated to some extent. Other photos I've seen likewise feature the serrated leaves. |
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