Colquhounia is a relatively easy plant to care for. Key points to note include its preference for well-draining soil and moderate watering to prevent root rot. It thrives best in full to partial sunlight, ensuring robust growth. A special care point is its sensitivity to frost, making it ideal for warmer climates or requiring protection during colder months.
Watering schedule: Twice per week
Sunlight Requirements: Full sun
| Care Difficulty | Easy |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Watering Schedule | Twice per week |
| Sunlight Requirements | Full sun |
| Soil pH | 6-7 |
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colquhounia elegans is a large evergreen shrub noted for its aromatic leaves and the unusual growth habit of its winter-blooming cylindrical-like flowers. Its pale salmon-colored and dark red flowers make it the most beautiful of all mint plants. It has parented two cultivars and medical research is being conducted on it.
Colquhounia coccinea var. mollis is found in sunny areas with slightly moist or dry soil. It produces flowers in late summer through fall until the first freeze, making it popular with gardeners. It provides pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators. It's a tall-growing flowering shrub reaching heights between 1 to 2 m.
Native to low and medium-altitude streamsides and thickets in tropical climates, colquhounia seguinii is a small, broad-leaved evergreen shrub with small red flowers. Colquhounia seguinii and its five fellow Colquhounia species were named for Sir Robert Colquhoun, a 19th-century botany enthusiast who became a patron of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens.
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