Genus of 30 species of perennials originating form dry rocky sites in the Mediterranean. \u00a0These are vigorous grower with architectural features. \u00a0With bold striking foliage and flowers. \u00a0The 36\u201d long leaves are dark green, lance-shaped, rounded to egg shape forming at the base and variously lobed and toothed and sometimes spiny. \u00a0On 4-foot tall stems it bears 2-lipped flowers about 1 \u00bd-2\u201d long with spiny bracts with leave segments in combination of white, green, yellow, pink, or purple.<\/p>\n
Inside grow in soil based potting mix in full or filtered sun. \u00a0Water moderately with a balanced liquid fertilizer monthly, keep moist in winter.<\/p>\n
Outdoors grows in fertile moist sand, clay, silt, and organic matter soil, but has to be well drained. In full or partial sun.<\/p>\n
Prone to powdery mildew<\/i><\/em>, fungal leaf spots<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and bacterial leaf spot.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Acanthus montanus<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bears\u2019 breeches \u2013 Mountain thistle \u2013<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Derives from west Africa this clump forming perennial grows 6\u2019 feet tall and 24\u201d inches wide. \u00a0The 12\u201d inch leathery leaves are oblong-lance-shape, spiny, glossy dark green with silvery markings and waxy edges. \u00a0Bears a 9-12\u201d cluster of flowers of rose pink or pale mauve with spiny calyces. \u00a0Blooming in late summer and early autumn.<\/p>\n Zones 7-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acanthus \u2013 Bear\u2019s breeches – Genus of 30 species of perennials originating form dry rocky sites in the Mediterranean. \u00a0These are vigorous grower with architectural features. \u00a0With bold striking foliage and flowers. \u00a0The 36\u201d long leaves are dark green, lance-shaped, rounded to egg shape forming at the base and variously lobed and toothed and sometimes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,59,41,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252381"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3876"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3876"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}