Prostanthera Labill.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Prostanthera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/prostanthera/). Accessed 2026-06-06.

Family

Lamiaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Prostanthera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/prostanthera/). Accessed 2026-06-06.

Foliage of Prostanthera cuneata. Logie, Forres, UK. 7 June 2024. Image Tom Christian.

A genus of about fifty species of shrubs and subshrubs, confined to Australia and Tasmania, some very ornamental, but none reliably hardy in our average climate. The mint bushes need a sunny position and do not thrive on shallow, chalky soils.

Close up on the flowers of Prostanthera cuneata. Logie, Forres, UK. 7 June 2024. Image Tom Christian.

As W.J. Bean predicted Prostanthera cuneata has become more commonly cultivated in British gardens over the past hundred or so years, but it has proved far hardier than he imagined. Here it is cultivated on a sunny terrace in well drained soil at Logie, near Forres in the highlands of Scotland. 7 June 2024. Image Tom Christian.

As W.J. Bean predicted, Prostanthera cuneata has become more commonly cultivated in British gardens over the past hundred or so years, but it has proved far hardier than he imagined. Here it is cultivated on a sunny terrace in well drained soil at Logie, near Forres in the highlands of Scotland. 7 June 2024. Image Tom Christian.

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