Ohio Native Plant Natural Range
To view the natural range of Blephilia hirsuta visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website.
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Cultivation Information Ohio Horsemint
Height - 1 ftFlower Color - PurpleBlooms - June - JulySun - Full to partSoil - Medium to Medium DryHardy Zone - 4 to 8
PerennialFamily - Lamiaceae
Leaf scent - Unlike Blephilia hirsuta the leaves of Blephilia ciliata offer no aroma, making leaf scent an easy way to distinguish the two plants before they flower.
Propagation Notes Blephilia ciliata
Stratifying Seeds
1. Zip lock plastic bag2. Few tablespoons of Vermiculite 3. Dampen vermiculite - not soggy4. Store Blephilia ciliata seeds in refrigerator for 60 days before sowing.
Seeds require light and cold, moist storage in order to germinate
Small seed - I have had success not covering tiny seeds like Blephilia ciliata with soil, even if resources don't suggest it.
Sowing seeds indoors - Starting seedlings indoors when you are working with an unfamiliar native plant makes identification much easier, more importantly, it is fun to raise plants in February.
Outdoors - You will have more success if you create some type of cover for your seedlings, we used old windows.
Preparing dried seeds
for stratification
Basal leaves remain green throughout the winter