This short lived perennial has a low spreading habit with slender woody stems that form a prostrate habit. It has small thick dark green elliptical leaves and the purple tube-shaped flowers appear in a spike during summer.

Hardiness zones 6 to 9

Acinos alpinusis naturally found in mountainous areas of southern and central Europe growing in stony moderately fertile moist soils. It prefers an open synny position and is drought tender but frost resistant.

Alpine Calamint is a low growing perennial that is planted in rock gardens as a spill-over or used as a ground cover in garden beds or along pathways. It is also grown in pots and tubs and is ideal for mountain cottage gardens for its fragrant foliage. It is hardy to cold climates and establishes from division in 1 to 2 years. ID 1273

Acinos(a-KEE-nos) alpinus(ăl-PEE-us)

Lamiaceae(lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
(Labiatae)
Mint Family