Calamintha nepeta
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Calamintha nepeta, Lesser Calamint
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Calamintha
Small purple/white flowers. Small grey green oval leaves covered in fine hairs. Whole plants is aromatic. Culinary; the flowers and leaves are edible. The leaves are great with mushrooms.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Height: 30cm
• Spread: 30cm
Lesser Calamint can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as both herb plants and online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Sand, Light Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Neutral – Alkaline pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: Purple, White
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: Yes
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In autumn or early spring, into prepared seed trays or pots, cover the seeds with perlite.
• Outdoor Sowing: In autumn or late spring into a prepared sunny site. Thin seedlings to 30cm apart.
• Propagation: Cuttings & Division
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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