Prostanthera, Variegated Oval Leaf Mint Bush 'Variegata'

I bought this years ago. It died back in winter & in spring it returned without variegated leaves. Each year it got scrawnier when it ca...Read Moreme back, but it did reseed pretty reliably until my husband got landscapers to come in and rip my garden out in very early fall and then they dropped about 6 inches of mulch on my flower beds and wiped out my plant’s chance of reseeding. It used to come back in little stalks and I’d put them altogether to make a small plant. They’d bloom in very early summer, then they’d dry out. I’d pinch them back and they’d take a few weeks to regrow but the blooms were scant.

The foliage of this shrub is delicious! You can smell it 12 feet away, it is very aromatic. The variegation is so nice and bright, I woul...Read Mored have planted this even if it didn't bloom!