Waterwise Plant Details
Oval Leaved Mint Bush, Purple Mint Bush, Common Mint Bush
- Family: LAMIACEAE
- Genus: Prostanthera
- Species: ovalifolia
Upright, bushy shrub to 4 metres high and 1.5 metres wide with grey-green, aromatic leaves and showy, massed flowers in late spring. Prune lightly after flowering.
Cultivars include 'Compacta' (to 2 metres, dense foliage, mauve flowers) and 'Variegata' (dense, cream and green foliage, mauve flowers).
Pronunciation: Pros-tran-thear-ah