Acanthus montanus
Habit | herbaceous
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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 |
Features: | ✓ | flowers, ground cover |
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USDA Zones: | 10 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink, white |
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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
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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
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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