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Shiso | Perilla frutescens or Beefsteak Plant
Shiso | Perilla frutescens or Beefsteak Plant

Shiso | Perilla frutescens or Beefsteak Plant

SKU: SD30001205
approx 100 seeds
£2.99
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Overview

A versatile culinary herb widely used in Asian cooking, sushi and salads. The crinkled, lime-green leaves (similar to Coleus) and white-spired flowers are both edible, with a minty, basil-like flavour and hints of cumin, clove, and and citrus. Growing instructions: Sow early in spring, indoors, at approx 70°F (21°C) and place in a shady location. Germination can take up to 3 weeks. Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle in individual pots and grow on before hardening off and planting out to 30cm (12'') apart after the risk of frost has passed. Alternatively. Sow direct, 1-2 seeds per inch, into a well-prepared seed bed in rows 45cm (18'') apart after the last frosts. Thin to 6-12" apart. Sow: March to April (under glass) or May to June (direct) Flowering: August to September

Specifications

  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Hardiness: fully hardy
  • Eventual Height:0.6m-0.9m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m-0.6m

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Care guide

Keep well fed and watered during the warmer weather. Protect young shoots (which tend to appear earlier than other bamboos) from slugs and snails. Divide in spring, and if necessary snip off leaf tips and margins that may have become papery in winter.

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Seeds will arrive in paper satchets which are packaged in A4 or A5 hard backed envelopes.

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