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Lions Ear in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Leonotis leonurus

 

Lion's Ear

Leonotis is an evergreen shrub with sword shaped leaves bearing orange/red long tube like flowers. Leonotis leonurus is a semi-evergreen shrub that bears whorls of reddish orange to red flowers around 6cm. long, in Autumn and early Winter

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plant Features
  • Lions Ear likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Lions Ear likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Lions Ear is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Lions Ear likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Lion's Ear

Latin name

Leonotis leonurus

type

Shrub

family

Lamiaceae

ph

6.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Lions Ear likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Lions Ear is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Lions Ear likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Lions Ear likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lions Ear is 1.50meters x 2.00meters 1.50 M 2.00 M

Leonotis leonurus

Leonotis is an evergreen shrub with sword shaped leaves bearing orange/red long tube like flowers. Leonotis leonurus is a semi-evergreen shrub that bears whorls of reddish orange to red flowers around 6cm. long, in Autumn and early Winter


Flowering

From Late Summer TO Early Winter

Orange/red long tube like flowers in autumn and winter.

 

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

When planting in the garden it must be placed in a sheltered, full sun or semi shaded site as it is not fully frost hardy.

 

Propagation by seed

From Late Winter TO Mid Spring

Sow seeds under glass.

 

Propagation by cuttings

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.

 
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