Calamintha nepeta

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Lesser Calamint herb seeds are available: A packet of seeds costs £2.50. There are approximately 275 herb seeds per packet (all of our herb seeds are untreated and can be used to grow organic herb plants).

Lesser Calamint herb plants are available: A 2 Litre herb plant costs £11.50.

For herb plants, please see our Looking Good List for availability. You can organise a Farm Collection, collect at one of our Open Days or during a Herb Experience. Please use our online webform or email your list directly to us (sales@jekkas.com). We no longer offer a general mail order service for our herb plants but we do offer a limited selection of Jekka's Culinary Herb Boxes.

Description

Calamintha nepeta, Lesser Calamint

Hardy herbaceous perennial, Ht. 30cm, spread 30cm. Small purple/white flowers. Small grey/green oval leaves covered in fine hairs. Culinary; the flowers and leaves are edible.

Want to know more? For hardiness, soil types, planting location and growing advice, please see our Jekkapedia entry.

For information on growing herbs from seeds please see Jekka's video on how to sow seeds, Jekka's blog or our FAQs page.