Acanthus mollis

Botanical Description

Acanthus mollis is a herbaceous, clump-forming perennial plant growing up to 120cm tall. The plant forms a mound of leaves around 60cm tall from a large rootstock, with flowering stems up to 150cm tall arising in the early summer[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. A very ornamental plant[ 1 Title RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Publication Author F. Chittendon. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1951 ISBN - Description Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaced in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [ 200 ]). ], it is much grown in gardens around the world. Plants can become invasive in the garden[ 197 Title Ground Cover Plants. Publication Author Royal Horticultural Society. Publisher Cassells. Year 1989 ISBN 0-304-31089-1 Description A handy little booklet from the R.H.S. ], spreading by suckers, and they are difficult to eradicate due to their deep roots[ 190 Title The Dry Garden. Publication Author Chatto. B. Publisher Dent Year 1982 ISBN 0460045512 Description A good list of drought resistant plants with details on how to grow them. ]. Since the explosive seedpods scatter the seed over a wide area, and the plant will regrow from any scrap of root, the plant can be hard to eradicate[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].