Pycnostachys Urticifolia - Indigenous South African Perrenial Shrub - 10 Seeds Sabi Star it is often cut back

it is often cut back annually to 12 meters and allowed to regrow so the pods and leaves remain within arm's reach

It tolerates drought but is vulnerable to frost

with one species from Socotra off the coast of Somalia

are initially pale yellowish-green and turn yellow and orange before ripening to bright red

Pycnostachys Urticifolia - Indigenous South African Perrenial Shrub - 10 Seeds Sabi Star it is often cut backLamiaceae or Labiatae, also known as the mint family, is a family of flowering plants. It had traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies showed that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The currently accepted version of Verbenaceae may not be closer to Lamiaceae than some of the other families in the order Lamiales. It is not known which of the families in Lamiales