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Wild basil, modest perennial standing on the edge of horticultural interest and we don't know why...Ok, let us point it's qualities :
- regular mounds, very dense with ground covering nature
- very adaptable to light condition - can grow in full sun, half shade to full shade
- adaptable to soils and moisture in the soil - any average soil, gravely, sandy, even a bit heavier soil (but never waterlogged), medium-moist to dry!
- one of very few plants that will grow in dry shade, even with competition of tree roots
- quite long flowering season, with it's peak in June-July (sporadically continues until August/September)
- flowers are small, but arranged in hairy cluster and these stay ornamental for the rest of the season
- good size of 1.5'-2' tall x 2'-2.5' mounds
- aromatic leaves and herbal use as spices or for tea. It is astringent, cardiotonic, carminative, diaphoretic and expectorant drug
- attracts native bees, honey bees and smaller butterflies
- hardy in zones 5-7, possibly less, native wildflower, scattered through out USA, see the USDA distribution map
This perennial is a great filler, it's texture is fine (fine leaves and flowers), so combine it with upright and more robust-structured plants like Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' (or any lower cultivars of Aster novae-angliae or A. novi-belgii), lower cultivars of Baptisia, Coreopsis lanceolata, Heliopsis helianthoides, Heuchera sanquinea, Iris x germanica, Liatris, Paeonia, Penstemon digitalis, Rudbeckia, Sedum telephium, Silene virginica, Tradescantia ohiensis.
Also very good plant for drained soil in part shade or full dry shade - combine with Asarum, Carex (C. plantaginea, Carex x morrowii 'Ice Dance'), Chrysogonum, Heuchera, Iris cristata, Polygonatum, Stylophorum diphyllum.
Pot Size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Wild basil, modest perennial standing on the edge of horticultural interest and we don't know why...Ok, let us point it's qualities :
- regular mounds, very dense with ground covering nature
- very adaptable to light condition - can grow in full sun, half shade to full shade
- adaptable to soils and moisture in the soil - any average soil, gravely, sandy, even a bit heavier soil (but never waterlogged), medium-moist to dry!
- one of very few plants that will grow in dry shade, even with competition of tree roots
- quite long flowering season, with it's peak in June-July (sporadically continues until August/September)
- flowers are small, but arranged in hairy cluster and these stay ornamental for the rest of the season
- good size of 1.5'-2' tall x 2'-2.5' mounds
- aromatic leaves and herbal use as spices or for tea. It is astringent, cardiotonic, carminative, diaphoretic and expectorant drug
- attracts native bees, honey bees and smaller butterflies
- hardy in zones 5-7, possibly less, native wildflower, scattered through out USA, see the USDA distribution map
This perennial is a great filler, it's texture is fine (fine leaves and flowers), so combine it with upright and more robust-structured plants like Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' (or any lower cultivars of Aster novae-angliae or A. novi-belgii), lower cultivars of Baptisia, Coreopsis lanceolata, Heliopsis helianthoides, Heuchera sanquinea, Iris x germanica, Liatris, Paeonia, Penstemon digitalis, Rudbeckia, Sedum telephium, Silene virginica, Tradescantia ohiensis.
Also very good plant for drained soil in part shade or full dry shade - combine with Asarum, Carex (C. plantaginea, Carex x morrowii 'Ice Dance'), Chrysogonum, Heuchera, Iris cristata, Polygonatum, Stylophorum diphyllum.
Pot Size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Planted spring 2023. Excited to find a plant whose growing conditions are adaptable. Using this to fill in a drier bed with woodland edge light to fill gaps among hostas. As with other purchases from US Perennials, these transplanted well and have already begun to show growth. Great job US Perennials!
