PLECTRANTHUS barbatus
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giant plectranthus
Hardy shrub to 1.5 x 1.5 m with thick furry leaves and spike of indigo blue flowers for most of the year.
From a group of some 350 species of perennials and shrubs from Africa, Asia and Australia. They generally have rather succulent stems and most are frost tender. Plectranthus contains some of the most useful plants for relatively dry shade under the existing canopies of trees, where their best feature may then be their foliage colour, their flowers, or in some cases both. Plectranthus barbatus is a great foliage shrub for use either in sunny or shaded positions where its thick light green furry leaves provide good contrast. The very long flower spikes are perhaps the strongest blue in this genus. Cut back the branches from time to time to keep compact.
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