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n. - Any of various plants of a particular genus having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers.

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  • I saved seeds from physostegia ‘Miss Manners’ and they look good, but I bagged the double cosmos seeds before they were dry and mold got to them.
  • If something is a mint relative, you should check whether it is invasive in moist soil, as are bee balm and physostegia, though not all share this trait.
  • My flower garden has hosted numerous mint relatives: bee balm, lamb's ears, lamium, ajuga, physostegia, coleus, catmint, calamint, bells of Ireland, perovskia, endless...
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