Zone: 6 (sheltered)
Height: 60-90cm [2-3ft]
Spread: same
Bloom: Small, white-pink, hang from stem at joint with leaves
Foliage: Deciduous, mid green, serrated edges, red stems and branches; very ornamental and airy in forest garden
Light: Full sun-full shade
Water: Average
Soil: Well drained, sandy but moist
Garden Location: Perennial garden, woodland garden
Bohmeria tricuspis (Three-pointed false nettle)
C$7.00Price
Used for medicine and for a vegetable [when cooked]. This family of plants is not a well known plant in N. America, but is very useful and well known in East Asia.
