NEW FOR 2025! This is another garden gift from our friend, Katy Stokes (as in ‘Katy’s Picotee’ Larkspur). This is a nice selection of Red Shiso with laciniate-dentate leaves that have a rich shiso fragrance with strong notes of cinnamon. The dark purple leaves are frequently edged by shiny green teeth to beautiful effect, with the stems tipped by bright pink flowers (commonly eaten in Asia). This is the right shiso for pickling with plums and wrapping sushi. It grows to 36” in full flower, and makes a beautiful foliage plant for floral arrangements if one uses stiff mature stems (floppy stems will wilt). Naturalizes easily around the garden. Best kept from escaping the premises. Treat exactly like basil, and space seedlings 12” apart. Seed germinates easily when fresh (used for microgreens), becoming more finicky with age.

Oregon Tilth Certified Organic Seed!