Klip Dagga

HERB: KLIP DAGGA

(LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA)

Beautiful explosions of orange petals on ‘’balls’ – bracts that grow up tall stems.

Attractive to bees & honeyeaters native to Africa & Southern India.

When used in herbal medicine, the flowers & leaves are brewed as a tea.

The dried leaves are sometimes used as a mild legal substitute for marijuana.

Can become weedy, to avoid this cut back the stems after flowering.

WHEN TO PLANT

Cool Climate: Spring

Temperate: Spring

Sub – Tropical: Spring

Tropical: Spring

Arid: Spring

SOIL PREFERENCES

PH 6.5 – 7.5

Well-watered, good humus level.

Add compost.

GROWING TIPS

Annual in frost zones, tender perennial in tropical/warm areas.

Handle with care – flowerheads are spikey.

Grows 1.5-3m tall.

Plant 1-2m apart

Requires darkness to germinate, cover seed tray with cardboard.

DAYS TO HARVEST

Approx. 100 Days to flowering.

APPROX 20 SEEDS