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Dictamnus

Common name - Gas plant

A hardy shrubby perennial, that grows to 600-1200 mm (2 – 4 ft) high, with a similar spread.

The aromatic flower spikes appear in July.

This plant is gets its other name ‘gas plant’ because it emits oil on calm evenings which if you hold a lit match under the flower it will ignite.

The plant gas also got shiny aromatic leaves that smell of lemons.

It requires an alkaline free draining soil and a sunny spot

They dislike disturbance once they have become established.

They can take three or four years to become established.

Week 34-40; Collect fresh seed when the flowers die back and sow immediately.

The seed can be sown insitu in a nursery bed or in pot/trays of seed compost and germinated in a cold frame.

Grow seedlings on for another two years before planting them out in their final quarters.

 

Week 40; Plant out 500mm (18") in free draining alkaline soil.

 

Week 42; Prune back to ground level.

 

 

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