Share your pictures? Hide split images
I have read and agree the terms and conditions of service.
New arrival

Rostrinucula dependens - Tree Mint

Rostrinucula dependens
Tree Mint

Be the first to leave a review

Why not try an alternative variety in stock?

38
From 5,90 € 8/9 cm pot

Available in 4 sizes

Available to order
9
From 4,90 € 7/8 cm pot

Available in 3 sizes

10
From 39,50 € 6L/7L pot

Available in 3 sizes

11
20% 17,20 € 21,50 € 3L/4L pot

Available in 2 sizes

23
From 3,70 € 8/9 cm pot

Available in 3 sizes

Available to order
From 5,90 € 8/9 cm pot

Available in 3 sizes

Available to order
30% 24,15 € 34,50 € 2L/3L pot

Available in 2 sizes

55
From 3,70 € 8/9 cm pot

Available in 4 sizes

76
From 3,70 € 8/9 cm pot

Available in 4 sizes

Shipping country:

Schedule delivery date,

and select date in basket

This plant carries a 24 months recovery warranty

More information

This bushy plant stands out with its late summer flowering, featuring long trailing and fluffy spikes composed of small soft pink-purple flowers with protruding stamens. Its spreading and arched habit, reminiscent of a vegetal cascade, reaches about 1.50 m in height and width, making it quite visible in the garden. Relatively unknown, although easy to grow, it thrives in humus-bearing and well-drained soil. While its above-ground parts are sensitive to frosts from -5°C, the bush regrows from the stump after temperatures as low as -12°C, without affecting its flowering.
Flower size
25 cm
Height at maturity
1.50 m
Spread at maturity
1.50 m
Exposure
Sun, Partial shade
Hardiness
Hardy down to -12°C
Soil moisture
Moist soil
plantfit-full

Would this plant suit my garden?

Set up your Plantfit profile →

Best planting time March, September
Recommended planting time March to June, September
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Flowering time August to October
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Description

```html

The Rostrinucula dependens or Tree Mint is a botanical species originating from China, little known, which forms an bush of easy cultivation, original and very ornamental. It is distinguished first by its late flowering, in late summer, which offers a unique spectacle with its long cylindrical and trailing spikes, adorned with small pink-lilac flowers with prominent stamens. Visually striking, it creates the effect of a plant cascade, reminiscent in silhouette of certain buddleias. It thrives in fertile, light and fresh, well-drained soil, in full sun, where it will unfold all its beauty.

Native to China, more precisely to the provinces of Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, the Rostinucula dependens is a bush belonging to the Lamiaceae family. In nature, it grows spontaneously at an altitude between 600 and 2500m. It shows a flexible and arched habit, composed of numerous stems originating from the stump. Its very rapid growth allows it to reach about 1.50 m in all directions within a season. In mild climates, the branches are not destroyed by severe frosts, allowing this tree mint to exceed these dimensions. Flowering occurs from August to October, depending on the climate and weather. Trailing inflorescences, cylindrical, 10 to 35 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, appear at the end of the year's shoots. They are curved, rigid-looking, and covered with white and fluffy bracts that open to release small bright lavender-pink flowers, with clusters of pink stamens protruding. The leaves, ovate to elliptical, 4 to 9.5 cm long and 1.3 to 4 cm wide, are a beautiful bluish-green, slightly puckered, arranged alternately along young purple, fluffy, square-sectioned branches. 2-year-old branches take on more brownish hues and become glabrous. The older wood is cream-white in colour, covered with cracked bark.

Although discreet with its pastel shades and tomentose foliage, the Rostrinucula dependens has a real personality, which is ideal to highlight individually or in front of a bed of bushes with staggered blooms or evergreen foliage. It adapts well to oceanic regions with mild winters, without harsh light, and fairly rainy conditions. Capable of regrowth from the stump after severe frosts (down to -12°C), it can be acclimated elsewhere, provided it benefits from well-drained soil or even by cultivating it in a large pot to overwinter. In warm regions, it requires summer watering and a non-scorching exposure. For an exotic effect, this tree mint can be paired with woody fuchsias (magellanica, regia, excorticata), a flowering Buddleia officinalis from February, Phormiums for contrast, a Lochroma cyaneum or even Japanese anemones.

```

Rostrinucula dependens - Tree Mint in pictures

Rostrinucula dependens  - Tree Mint (Flowering) Flowering
Rostrinucula dependens  - Tree Mint (Plant habit) Plant habit

Plant habit

Height at maturity 1.50 m
Spread at maturity 1.50 m
Habit Irregular, bushy
Growth rate normal

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time August to October
Inflorescence Cluster
Flower size 25 cm
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour green

Botanical data

Genus

Rostrinucula

Species

dependens

Family

Lamiaceae

Other common names

Tree Mint

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference231010

Planting and care

The Rostrinucula dependens grows in sunny or semi-shady exposure, in well-drained soil that remains moist. It is not very demanding regarding soil type, as long as it is not excessively chalky or acidic. It is crucial that the soil is not waterlogged in winter: if necessary, incorporate leaf compost and gravel into the clayey and compact soil of your garden. It easily withstands temperatures down to -12°C but the aboveground parts often die outside regions with mild winters. However, new shoots will appear from the stump in spring, without affecting the flowering that occurs at the end of the year's branches. This plant is not prone to any specific diseases or parasites.

Planting period

Best planting time March, September
Recommended planting time March to June, September

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Woodland edge
Type of use Border, Container, Greenhouse
Hardiness Hardy down to -12°C (USDA zone 8a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 1 per m2
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Acidic, Neutral
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Moist soil, Well-drained, fertile soil.

Care

Pruning instructions One can coppice the vine-plant in winter, it will not affect the flowering as the flowers develop at the end of the shoots of the year, they will only be a bit later, in October. The pruning can be summarized by keeping only one-year-old or two-year-old shoots, selected directly on the stump.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time February to March
Soil moisture Moist soil
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground

This item has not been reviewed yet - be the first to leave a review about it.

Leave a review →

Haven't found what you were looking for?

We only deliver seed and bulb products to your country. If you add other products to your basket, they cannot be shipped.