Acinos alpinus

A low-growing, rather sprawling plant that is found growing in southern and central parts of Europe as well as Asia. It has rather trailing stems that carry appealing clusters of aromatic, neat, plump oval leaves, green with some impressed veins. The flowers are coloured a soft purple and are produced in clusters on the stems, they have long tubular stems and wide-flared lips, the lower lip white as is the inside of the throat. It is late summer flowering when the foliage can be smothered with these delightful blooms. This is happy in poor soil but dislikes having wet feet!