Catmint

Calamintha nepetoides

With compact mounds of tiny white flowers turning blue with age, catmint is a pretty little mint relative who should be placed where its delightfully fragrant foliage can be touched and brushed. Very long blooming. Bees and cats love it, deer don’t. Makes a wonderful herbal tea!

Water: Moderate, somewhat drought tolerant

Hardiness: Frost Hardy

Habit: A rounded 1’ tall shrublet of shiny bright green foliage

Light: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Soil: Fast draining areas like rock gardens

Origin: Europe and the Mediterranean region

Additional Characteristics: Deer Resistant