Isodon effusus
(Long-tubed Trumpet Spurflower)
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Japan
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 90cm
Location - The House Border
Description: A clump-forming Perennial with an upright, bushy habit. Pale to mid-green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape with coarsely toothed to scalloped margins. Small tubular flowers are a soft shade of violet-purple and are slightly flared at the tips. The Blooms are held in airy panicles atop upright stems and are produced from early to mid-autumn.
Flower:
Small tubular flowers are a soft shade of violet-purple. The blooms are held in airy panicles on upright stems and are produced in September and October.
Flower colour: Purple
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in panicles
Flowering time: September, October
Foliage:
Pale to mid-green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape with Dentate to Crenate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.