Acanthus montanus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Width:	⇔	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	W Trop. Africa
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Features:	✓	flowers, ground cover
USDA Zones:		10 to 11
Flower features:	❀	red, pink, white

Scientific Names

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Acanthus montanus is a thinly branched perennial (that you may want to confine) with basal clusters of oblong to lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves reaching up to 12 in cm long. Leaves have silver marks and wavy margins. It reaches up to 6 ft m tall and about 24 in cm wide. Spikes of pale pink flowers appear summer to fall. Cut back flower stalks after flowering, leaving foliage. Divide foliage from October to March. It prefers shady situations and occasional deep watering, but tolerates sunny, dry situations too. Its aggressive roots make this plant perfect for slopes.

Read about Acanthus montanus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Acanthus montanus, T. Anders. Lvs. pinnatifid or sinuate-spinose, 1 ft. or more long, olive-green, the lobes spine- pointed: fls. rosy white in a long spike. Trop. Afr.- Greenhouse. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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