Poliomintha longiflora Brookgreen Gardens the bigleaf or French hydrangea

the bigleaf or French hydrangea

Give high shade or morning sun with afternoon shelter in the Deep South

the black fall fruit feeds birds

Slow and dense

so give the roots room

Poliomintha longiflora Brookgreen Gardens the bigleaf or French hydrangeaPoliomintha longiflora is one of the several aromatic plants that go by the name Mexican oregano, and one of the prettiest, a small evergreen shrub that flowers for months and seasons the pot besides. Slender, aromatic leaves clothe a rounded bush two or three feet high, and from spring well into fall the branches carry long, tubular flowers in soft lavender and pink, a steady supply of nectar in the heat when little else blooms. The naming here is