Looking for a low-carb alternative to bread for your lunch? Skip the bread and use Shiso Asian Perilla as a flavorful wrap. Start with Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh Shiso Asian Perilla plants, and soon you'll be creating culinary magic with it in your kitchen! Its minty, basil-like flavor with hints of cumin and clove complements your favorite recipe ingredients, like fish, noodles, and rice. Plus, its edible flowers look lovely garnishing a salad, giving it a perfect pop of color and flavor. A member of the mint family, the herb should be planted in a container to curb its enthusiastic spread. Because it's a warm season annual, wait to plant it outside until after the last spring frost. Plant this easy-to-grow herb in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil, 12 inches apart. Shiso Asian Perilla grows 18 to 30 inches tall. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil is dry to the touch. Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh live plant herbs add delicious flavors, textures, and colors to your garden-to-table meals.
Create culinary delicacies with Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh Shiso Asian Perilla; the minty, basil-like flavor with hints of clove and cumin tastes fabulous in recipes, while the pretty herb looks great in the garden; use live plants for early harvest
With its pretty leaves and edible flowers, Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh Asian Perilla adds the perfect pop of color to both the garden and meals; the green leaves with a pinkish hue on the underside make this easy-to-grow herb look as good as it tastes
A member of the mint family; plant Foodie Fresh® Shiso Asian Perilla in a container or away from other veggies and herbs in raised beds or in-ground gardens, as it spreads enthusiastically
Use Shiso Asian Perilla as a wrap, paired with fish, as an ingredient in sushi, to flavor noodles or rice, or as a tea or juice; the herb provides many delicious culinary options
Shiso Asian Perilla grows 18 to 30 inches tall; harvest the herb's leaves and flowers throughout the growing season