Leonotis Menthifolia
Savannah Sunset Lion's Ear
Leonotis is an evergreen shrub with sword shaped leaves bearing orange/red long tube like flowers. Leonotis Menthifolia bears velvety orange tubular blooms that are borne in whorls around the upright stems with wider curly green foliage.The whorls of flowers are at 4"-5" intervals up the sturdy stem, and they appear in Spring, and again in Autumn.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Savannah Sunset Lion's Ear
Latin name
Leonotis Menthifolia
type
Shrub
family
Lamiaceae
ph
6.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
2.00 M
Leonotis Menthifolia
Leonotis is an evergreen shrub with sword shaped leaves bearing orange/red long tube like flowers. Leonotis Menthifolia bears velvety orange tubular blooms that are borne in whorls around the upright stems with wider curly green foliage.The whorls of flowers are at 4"-5" intervals up the sturdy stem, and they appear in Spring, and again in Autumn.
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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