
Calamint
- Botanical Name
- Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 12 to 18 inches
- Width
- 12 to 24 inches
- Flowers
- June to September: lilac to white
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, adaptable pH
- Planting & Care
- Prefers moist soils, but tolerant of drought
- Use as a groundcover
- Spreads by rhizome and/or self-seeding
- Shear to tidy up appearance and to prevent unwanted self-seeding
- Plants don't perform well in the warmer Zones of the deep South
- Very attractive to bees
- Problems
- Powdery mildew, foliage may decline in hot and humid weather
- Varieties
- Montrose White - white flowers, mint scented foliage, does not self-seed
- Blue Cloud - lavender flowers with powder blue overtones, mint scented bluish-green foliage, 9 to 12 inches
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