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    PROSTANTHERA
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    PROSTANTHERA

    Commonly known as Australian mint bush

     

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    • Good to know
      In the mint family. Generally short-lived in garden situations but fast-growing and flower well, even when small. Can be propagated from half-hardened tip cuttings in summer.
    • Place of origin
      Australia
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Evergreen
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
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    Varieties
    PROSTANTHERA cuneata
    Alpine mint bush
    Minute leaves and large racemes of white flowers. The hardiest of all Prostantheras and a suitable rock plant
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    PROSTANTHERA incana
    velvet mint bush
     
    2 Litre
    £13.50
    PROSTANTHERA lasianthos
    White flowers with a purple tint and large lanceolate leaves
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    PROSTANTHERA ovalifolia 'Variegata'
    Bushy shrub with grey-green variegated leaves and cup-shaped purple flowers in terminal racemes
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    PROSTANTHERA rotundifolia
    Round-leaved mint bush
    Mint-scented leaves and purple flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
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