Perilla! One of my favorite members of the mint family!
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- In this video, I share how I grow, propagate and eat Perilla, which I was introduced to in Korea. I stuff the aromatic leaves from this plant with a variety of different foods - delicious!!
I obtained some perilla plants back in the sixties. My friend didn't know what they were because they were there when she bought the house. They were deep purple, like purple basil, with varied leaves from smooth edged to deeply ruffled. I took a clump of them home and planted them. They reseeded and ended up growing everywhere, - sun, shade, in the roof gutters, in the joints of my car fenders and hood, in the gravel driveway, and of course in all of the flower beds, and all over my vegetable garden and lawn. They pull out easily. They also survive very drastic efforts to kill them. I made a pile of the ones I pulled and neglected it because I was busy. In no time the ones on the surface had rooted in, turned up and it looked like a mound of perilla. Then, in the seventies, I attended a local harvest festival and there was the perilla in vases, flower arrangements, and pots. It's name was perilla frutescens, and is listed as a culinary herb. I just let it grow wherever it pops up and cut it down where I don't want it. I only let the ruffly leaved ones flower so now all of mine are reffled. They bloom in late summer with a flower stalk like a coleus. Perhaps yours aren't P. frutescens, but a closely related variety.
Thanks for your comment - yes, my plants are Perilla frutescens - same species. They are so easy to grow and edible. The only other plant that I have that is as prolific are my strawberries - but, the deer and bunnies keep those under control - they do not like the perilla.
I planted perilla in my garden 4 or 5 years ago and it comes back every year somewhere in my garden (or all over my garden). Can confirm, prolific self-seeder.
Thanks for your comment - but, do you enjoy them or are they a nuisance?
Welcome back, John! Nice to hear from you again! Looking forward to hearing all your travel stories!
Thanks for your comment but I am not sure that people want to hear travel stories (since they do not include orchids)!
@@plantpropagator maybe people would enjoy seeing Ireland through the eyes of our favorite Plant PhD! SVK Lewis did a great job posting his travels, but then, of course, his was a genuine "Orchid Tourism" trip. Yet, he did a quick episode about the cities and places he visited, too! That must have been a wild trip! He wasn't very lucky that he arrived in the middle of one of the most severe droughts in the region ever... But still the flowers didn't let him down.
my brother-in-law was sent to an orchids exhibition in Tucson or phoenix 28+ years ago. He represented London agriculture dept or something like that. He brought some beautiful orchids to the states. I love orchids. My friends told me I have a green thumb. But I am bad at it when it comes to orchids. I like to visit Singapore and Thailand to buy orchids jewelry
Where are you located? I am back in Florida and they are so easy to grow here - it is hard to be bad at orchids in Florida. I used to grow them in the midwest US too - some different types. The main rule for orchids is not to overwater - they are tropical but also like to be dry, in-between watering.
The Perilla seed powder can be used to thicken and add a nutty herbal flavor and creamy, milky texture & look to many soups and stews!
Thanks - I can see how that might be really nice!!
Thank you for your video. Is there anyway you could sell me some seeds or you could tell me the company you bought the seeds from. We went to Korea in 2018 and we had Perilla for the first time and we enjoyed it. You said you now live in the Midwest. We used to live in Nebraska for 33 years and now we live in Las Cruces NM. If you live in Omaha, NE, my sister and brother-in-law still live there and they can help me pick the seeds up. Thank you!
I am sorry - just read this comment after returning to Florida - I do have some old seed and have no idea of the seed viability - please contact me at TheOrchidPropagator@gmail.com with your address and I can put some seeds in an envelop for you.
Perrilla grows wild in Missouri. It is very fragrant, but at as far as eating them or making a tea, I don't care for it that much. Maybe the Korean strain has a better flavor I dunno. I've heard it's toxic to cattle.
Wow - with 2 stomachs, you would think that cows would be more tolerant. These plants are very fragrant and tasty - not bitter, which is often associated with toxicity.
If this is so vigorously self seeding, I should probably avoid having it in a pot at my apartment... Shame though since it seems so interesting to grow!
Many plants will self seed - the nice thing is that I really like this plant and the leaves are delicious if you know how to use them! Some of my Korean visitors are surprised that I grow and love to eat them!