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Prostanthera makinsonii

Prostanthera makinsonii
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY 2.0

Prostanthera makinsonii is a spreading, strongly aromatic mintbush shrub (up to about 2 m) from a very restricted area of New South Wales, known only from the Goobarrangandra Valley. Grow it like other mintbushes: in free-draining soil in a sunny or lightly shaded spot.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral loam or sandy soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Prostanthera makinsonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with strongly aromatic, egg-shaped leaves and mostly glabrous purple flowers arranged in bunches of eight to twelve in upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

This mintbush grows in open Eucalyptus radiata forest, but is only known from the Goobarrangandra Valley on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.

Other Prostanthera plants

Prostanthera albiflora · Prostanthera albohirta · Prostanthera althoferi · Sand Mintbush · Prostanthera arapilensis · Tranquility Mintbush · Scarlet Mintbush · Prostanthera athertoniana · Prostanthera baxteri · Downy Mintbush · Lilac Mint Bush · Limestone Mintbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prostanthera makinsonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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