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Lamiaceae
Lesser calamint
Clinopodium nepeta
Also known as Faucibarba parviflora, Satureja calamintha var. nepeta, Satureja vulgaris subsp. nepeta, Lesser catnip
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Aromatic Herb · Pollinator Plant · Medicinal Herb · Cottage Garden · Fragrant Plant · Edging Plant · Lamiaceae · Perennial · Wildflower · Calamint
Lesser calamint is an easy-going, fragrant perennial herb that thrives in partial shade to full sun in well-drained, moderately fertile soil. It requires minimal watering once established and rewards gardeners with a long display of delicate lavender-pink flowers beloved by bees and butterflies. The aromatic foliage can be used as a mild culinary herb and the plant self-seeds gently to naturalise in borders.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, District Of Columbia, East Aegean Is., France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Iran, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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