Shiso (Purple Perilla)

Purple Perilla (Perilla frutescens)

Also known as Shiso, this annual plant native to Asia is remarkable for its purple, serrated foliage.

• Cultivation: It requires warmth and sunny exposure. It prefers a soil rich in humus and that remains cool.

• Uses: Essential in Japanese cuisine, it offers complex flavors mixing notes of mint, cumin and lemon balm. It is rich in antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory properties.

• Biodiversity: Its late flowering in spikes provides an interesting resource for pollinators at the end of the season.
  
  

  Our prices: For each of our plants, we offer 2 prices. The base price corresponds to the average price you would find in a garden center. The support price (+1€) values the work behind our plants: heirloom seeds, peat-free compost — because elsewhere, peat bogs are destroyed to fertilize your plants —, plants sown, pricked out and lovingly cared for by our hands, and zero import-export.

  Whatever your choice, it's a good choice!