DESCRIPTION:

NAME: Purple Shiso

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Perilla Frutescens syn. Perilla Frutescens var. Frutescens / Perilla Ocimoides / Perilla Ocymoides

COLOR: Green - Purple Foliage / Pinkish Purple Flowers

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

BLOOM TIME: Spring

HARDINESS ZONE: 9 - 11

PLANT HEIGHT: 16 - 18"

PLANT SPACING: 6 - 12"

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average

QUANTITY: 300 Seeds

OTHER: Perilla Frutescens is a very ornamental Asian herb with many traditional herbal & medicinal uses. It is the source of Perillia Seed Oil. This Shiso has leaves that are green on the top with purple veining & highlights, & the underside of the leaf is purple. The flowers are a lovely pinkish purple, & bloom along tall spikes. Purple Shiso is fast growing, & can be easily grown as an annual in climates where it is not winter hardy. They also make a wonderful container plant.

We have Green Shiso seeds too!

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