Calamintha nepeta
Lesser Calamint
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Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Description
Bring clouds of color into your garden. Billowing white sprays of palest lavender cover these compact, care-free plants from late spring until frost. This is simply one of the best filler perennials known. It's great along paths where it releases a heady, mint-like fragrance when you brush by. Bees and other beneficial insects love it. Calamintha won't flop and rarely needs pruning.
Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Blooming
Two lipped flowers that can be lilac-blue or pink or white. Blooms attract bees.
Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Growth
Perennials and subshrubs with small ovate to oblong, toothed, aromatic leaves. Grows best in sun or partial shade. Calamintha works best in a border or an open woodland garden.
Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Planting
Divide plants in early spring, take cuttings in summer, or sow seeds.
Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Pest
Prone to powdery mildew.
Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Interesting facts
Calamintha is endemic to grasslands, scrubs, and woodlands in Northern temperate areas. Infusions of its leaves make a tea, but its been used medicinally through history.
Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) - Soil and irrigation
Average, moist, well-drained soil.
