HERB: HYSSOP

(HYSOPPUS OFFICINALIS)

This beautiful blue flowered perennial is attractive to beneficial insects & a decoy plant for white cabbage butterflies & moths.

Intensely aromatic, it’s used in herbal medicine.

Grows 30 – 50 cm, loves a sunny spot, and doesn’t mind it a little on the dry side.

WHEN TO PLANT

Cool Climate: SEP – MAR

Temperate: SEP – MAR

Sub – Tropical: SEP – MAR

Tropical: SEP – MAR

Arid: SEP – MAR

SOIL PREFERENCES

PH 7 – 8

Tolerant of most soils.

GROWING TIPS

Best transplanted in spring.

Grow by sowing 5cm deep and keep moist until they germinate in 14 – 21 days.

Transplant 15-30cm apart.

Prefers full sun.

Prune back to encourage new growth and a compact bush.

Can become leggy & sparse without pruning.

DAYS TO HARVEST

60 – 80 Days to flowering

APPROX 150 SEEDS

OPEN POLLINATED SEED 100% TASMANIAN GROWN

GROWN ORGANICALLY