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Monardella subglabra

Identification

Monardella subglabra, Mint Bush.
And it smells good too! - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra
Monardella subglabra (Monardella purpurea x Monardella villosa) (Monardella villosa var. subglabra), Mint Bush, has pretty, pink flowers and a minty fragrance.  - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra
Monardella subglabra (Monardella villosa x Monardella purpurea), Mint Bush, is here being visited a skipper butterfly.  - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra, mint bush
Monardella subglabra (Monardella purpurea x Monardella villosa), Mint Bush, is a natural hybrid, found growing where the two species meet.  - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra, Mint bush
Different species of butterflies, like this fritillary, sip nectar from the flowers of Monardella subglabra, Mint Bush. - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra, butterfly on Purple Mint Bush
Here a fritillary, and a pale swallowtail, that are sharing a plant of Monardella subglabra, Mint Bush, a fragrant subshrub. - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra, Purple Mint Bush
Here in this closeup looking down on the flower of Monardella subglabra, Mint Bush, it almost appears spherical.  - grid24_3
Monardella subglabra, the fireworks of one flower cluster

Description

A one foot perennial covered with one inch purple flowers in Jun-Jul. Mint bush has a mint odor but much less than many others. Native to the Central Coast to So. Calif.. It likes part shade to sun. It will tolerate reg. garden water but becomes drought tolerant with age. It is cold tolerant to at least 10 deg.. I've seen this at the Santa Barbara Bot. Garden form a mass of bright purple with no foliage showing. It is not as showy in the nursery but still pretty and needs so little care we'd forgotten we'd planted it. It was covering an 3\' area of a flower bed with dark green foliage on a plant 2" tall. We remembered it was there when we finally got a little rainfall and it flowered. Ta! Da! Purple flowers all over the place! Our mother plant is 15 years old and still thriving. Syn. Monardella purpurea

Available at our Online store.

Contact: pan@laspilitas.com
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Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
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One Gallon 129 0 $ 8.99

Characteristics

Monardella subglabra Mint Bush tolerates sand.

Monardella subglabra Mint Bush's foliage type is evergreen and has fragrance.
Monardella subglabra Mint Bush's flower color is violet.

Communities

Communities for Monardella subglabra Mint Bush:Closed-cone Pine Forest.

Ranges for Monardella subglabra

ph: 4.00 to 7.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 0.30 to 0.50
width[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 100.00 to 150.00

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