Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta - Calamint

Sizes available: #1 (Trade gallon)

Basics: zones 5-7, 12-15" x 15", sun to part sun, a cloud of tiny, very pale lavender to white flowers in the summer, likes it dry to medium with good drainage

Common names: Calamint

Family: Lamiaciae

Origin/Distribution: This subspecies is native to the Mediterranean and parts of Europe

More: fine-textured, mint-scented foliage, very attractive to pollinators, 2021 Perennial Plant Association's Plant of the Year. This plant blooms for weeks and weeks. And it is so pretty! Responds well to a hair cut if it gets too rangy for you. It thrived in a sunny, well-drained planting at my house in Brooks during the summer of drought (2025). I imagine it will seed around if happy. I hope so. 

Nursery: Van Berkum

Image credit: Jelitto Staudensamen GmbH