Calamint (Calamint Savory)
Calamintha nepeta (formerly Calamintha nepetoides). LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE).
Planting and Growing Calamint
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow calamint in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of calamint
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for calamint
- Season of bloom and planting time for calamint
- When, how deep, and where to plant calamint
- How to plant calamint
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of calamint
- Landscape and container uses of calamint
- Comments about calamint and its features
Growing Calamint
Several cultivars of low, mounding, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial herbs, to 2 ft. (60 cm) tall. Opposite, deep gray green, oval, pointed, finely toothed, very fragrant leaves, to 3/4-in. (19-mm) long.
Calamintha grandiflora and Calamintha sylvatica are closely related species with similar care needs.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many lavender, white, 2-part flowers, to 3/4-in. (19-mm) long, bearing prominent stamens, in showy clusters, in summer.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Zones 3–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained loam. Fertility: Average. 6.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to partial shade, 15–18 in. (38–45 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep moist. Fertilize quarterly during growth. Mulch heavily in winter in zones 3–6. Pinch, shear to control growth. Propagate by cuttings, division.
About This Plant
Good choice for hanging baskets, beds, borders, containers, entries, ground covers in natural, small-space, woodland gardens. Foliage is good for fragrance, herbal tea. Attracts bees. Invasive. Pest and disease resistant.