This vigorous shrub is suckering with an upright spreading soft stems that are covered in silvery hairs and forms a rounded habit. The grey oval leaves are pubescent and the small blue tubed-shaped flowers appear in a terminal raceme during summer.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11

Plectranthus argentatusisnaturally found in eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales growing in moist moderately fertile well-drained soils in shaded to dappled light position and is frost and drought tender.

Plectranthus is grown for its soft textured leaves and its vigorous growth in shaded positions. It is planted as an understorey around trees or as a specimen in a tropical garden and establishes in 3 to 4 years from cuttings. It is suitable for container culture but the plant may be difficult to obtain from nurseries.ID 1492

Plectranthus (plek-TRĂNTH-us) argentatus (ar-gen-TAT-us)

Lamiaceae(lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
(Labiatae)
Mint Family