Herb SeedHSC-HRB-028-PKT
Red Shiso Herb Seed — natural held display
Red Shiso Herb Seed — botanical detail
Red Shiso Herb Seed — red shiso culinary leaf detail
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Red Shiso Herb Seed — natural held display
Perilla frutescens
80 - 85Days to maturity

A seed worth growing

Red Shiso Herb Seed

Item #HSC-HRB-028-PKT

A red shiso for color and flavor.

Red shiso has the same cinnamon-clove scent and cumin-like spice as green shiso, prized in Japanese cooking and salad mix, and it colors pickled radishes and umeboshi plums a brilliant red. Also called perilla.

The flowers are edible too, with a minty, basil-like taste and a touch of clove and cumin; add them to salads, rice, noodles, fish or cucumbers.

Ready to pick about 80–85 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

  • Packet: 200 seeds
  • Average 24,500 seeds per oz.

In stock — Packet

$6.10

Know before you sow

Quick Facts

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Freeze the seed

Store frozen until sowing for better germination.

Surface-sow after frost

1–2 seeds per inch; light helps.

Rich, sandy soil

Full sun, 6–12" apart.

Pick as it grows

Once plants are established.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 1–3 weeks.

Seed storage

Shiso seed sprouts best if kept in the freezer until sowing.

Direct sowing

The best method. After the last spring frost, sow 1–2 seeds per inch in rows 18" apart. Sow on the surface or barely cover, since light helps it sprout. Grow fairly thick, or thin to 6–12".

Light

Full sun.

Soil

Medium to rich, sandy soil.

Plant height

Depends on the variety.

Plant spacing

6–12".

Hardiness

Annual.

Harvest

Pick leaves for fresh use once plants are established.

Packet

200 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 24,500 on average.

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