Acinos
Calamint
Also known as Calamintha, Satureja
- Height × spread
- 0.4m – 0.4m × 0.3m – 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
There are around 10 species of this plant, both annual and perennial in character. They are rather delicate in character with aromatic foliage and masses of soft-looking tubular, open mouthed flowers that are in shades of blue or violet. For those who value the soft and subtle in their gardens these can be worth considering. They are happy in poor soil but prefer some fertility, and like sunshine and free draining conditions. Acinos corsicus makes a foliage mat whilst others are more mounded in their growth habit. These are similar to Calamintha.
- Flower colour
- Mauve, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.4m – 0.4m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring - late · Planting
Divide when too large
When the plant is too large clumps may be divided into two or more pieces. Rhizomes can be cut, whilst small bulbs or offsets are detached. The new plants can be grown in a container or planted in the ground.