Perilla — Flowers
Perilla
Full sun, moderate watering — fine in mild parts of the UK.
- Plant out
- May
- In flower
- Jul, Aug
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Hardiness
- H3
- Season
- summer
- Height
- 50–100 cm
- Spacing
- 50 cm
- Pets
- Toxic to pets
Growing notes
Grows to 0.5-1 metres. Space about 10-50cm apart. In flower Jul-Aug.
Toxic to pets
Safe for people to eat as shiso, but keep horses and grazing livestock away from it because the leaves can cause fatal breathing problems.
→ Your vet, Animal PoisonLine, or the Veterinary Poisons Information Service.