Lesser Calamint 'Blue Cloud' (Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud'): Profuse Blue Flowers on a Compact Mound

Overview

Lesser calamint 'Blue Cloud' (Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud') is a selected cultivar with more intensely blue-violet flowers than the species. It forms a tidy, 12-18 inch mound of mint-scented foliage smothered in tiny flowers from early summer to frost. A pollinator magnet with improved ornamental value.

Botanical Details

• Family: Lamiaceae (mint family)
• Genus: Calamintha
• Species: nepeta
• Cultivar: 'Blue Cloud'

Culture & Uses

Full sun, well-drained soil. Drought-tolerant. Shear after first flush for rebloom. Use in rock gardens, gravel gardens, borders, containers. Flowers attract bees, butterflies, beneficial insects. Leaves for tea. Long bloom season. Hardy in USDA zones 5-9.