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Calamint

Calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)
Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova · CC BY-SA 4.0
Calamint in flower
In flower · (c) Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY

Clinopodium nepeta

Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.

A haze of tiny white flowers into fall

EasyFlowers
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry–medium
Mature size
1–2 ft
Spacing
18 in
Bloom or harvest
Flowers Jul–Oct
How it spreads
Clump
What to buy
Plants.
When to plant
Plant May.

In the design

Bees cover it in September when a lot of the border is done. Shear once in early summer if it sprawls. Not a cooking mint, and it won't take over like one.

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