Patchouli – Pogostemon cablin

Plant family: Lamiaceae

Plant origin: Tropical Asia.

Fruit description:

Flowers: The flowers are small, pink, and produced in upright sprays

Growing conditions: Patchouli is an evergreen herb with bushy upright shape, growing to about 20cm tall. It loves a warm, subtropical or tropical climate and hot weather but not too much direct sun. It needs plenty of water.

Uses: Patchouli is used to produce the strongly aromatic essential oil used in perfume, in incense, and to repel insects. The oil is extracted using steam distillation.

Medicinal uses:

Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.

Harvest time Spring, summer and autumn.

Plant relatives

Special features:

Grown by method: Seed Grown Pot size: 100mm

Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 0.3 metres high by 0.3 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 0.3 metres high by 0.3 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.

Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 100mm