No. CV20
All-Green Perilla Seeds
Fragrant green perilla (shiso) for wraps, sushi, salads and pickles — pick fresh leaves for weeks.
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JC Garden · No. CV21 · Single pack
All-Purple Perilla Seeds
Deep purple, strongly aromatic perilla for pickles, fish dishes and tea — a showpiece in herb pots.
Single pack · 1 seed sachet
- Morning sun with afternoon shade; good light keeps the colour deep
- Needs light to sprout: press onto the surface, barely cover
- Germination: about 7–14 days, sometimes up to 3 weeks
- Leaf harvest from about 40–60 days
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All-purple perilla has deep purple, crinkled leaves with a strong, warm aroma. It is the perilla traditionally used to colour pickles and plum preserves, cooked with fish and crab in Chinese home cooking, and steeped as a tea. It also looks striking among green herbs in a mixed pot.
- Soak the seeds in water overnight.
- Press them onto moist seedling mix and dust very lightly; keep in bright shade and damp.
- Transplant 25–30 cm apart once seedlings have 4 true leaves.
- Pinch the tips to make plants bushy and pick leaves as needed.
Tip: colour is richest with a few hours of morning sun — in deep shade the leaves turn greenish. Flower spikes appear early under Malaysia's short days, so pinch them off.
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No. CV22
Bi-Color Perilla Seeds
Two-tone perilla, green on top and purple underneath — a fragrant all-rounder for cooking and herb pots.
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