Isodon effusus Mediterranean Europe 16" bottlebrush spikes of bright

16" bottlebrush spikes of bright orange flowers

The rounded corrugated cupped leaves have a unique sheen

plants in deep shade tend to loose the center pattern

opening a butterscotch-yellow (RHS 163A)

It can also be grown in sunny locations where it will grow more strongly

Isodon effusus Mediterranean Europe 16" bottlebrush spikes of bright(aka: Rabdosia effusus (longituba), Plectranthus effusus) From the Japanese mountains of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu comes this woodland member of the salvia family formerly Rabdosia longituba, before its reassignment to the genus Plectranthus, then to the genus Isodon. The stems of the clumping Isodon effusus rise throughout the summer, reaching 2' tall by September when they are topped with 1' long, airy panicles containing hundreds of pendent,