> Seeds A Home > Acinos Acinos Products found in this category: 1 [1] Page 1 of 1 Sort By: Please Select.... Best Selling Newest Name a-z Name z-a Code a-z Code z-a Price 0-9 Price 9-0 Show All Acinos alpinus Code: SAA-A2 Price: $1.95 Quantity in Basket: none [Calamintha alpina] 'Calamint' or 'Alpine Basil Thyme' or 'Alpine Calamint' (a-KEE-nos: al-PEEN-us) Spikes of red-violet 1 inch long flowers on top of 4-8 inch tall plants. The flowers have white markings within the lower lips. These cushion forming plants are useful in a rock garden. Blooming from June through August. Full sun in gravely humus-clay soils that are well draining. This species does not like damp soils. Works well with other alpine plants that like dry sunny locations (some Dianthus and Gypsophila repens). Zones 4-9 (Avoid winter wetness. Plants are not long lived but easy to raise from seeds and division) Native from the mountains of Spain, Alps, Balkans, Asia Minor and Northern Africa. 50 seeds.
