
Calamint
Calamintha Nepeta Montrose White
A charming, long-blooming perennial, 'Montrose White' Calamint offers delicate white flowers and a delightful minty fragrance.
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About this plant
Calamintha nepeta 'Montrose White' is a true garden workhorse, gracing your landscape with clouds of tiny white blooms from early summer until frost. Its airy texture and prolific flowering make it an indispensable plant for softening edges, filling gaps, and attracting a host of beneficial pollinators. Beyond its visual appeal, 'Montrose White' offers a refreshing, subtly minty aroma when its foliage is brushed, adding a sensory dimension to your garden experience. It's incredibly versatile, thriving in a variety of conditions and requiring minimal maintenance once established. Ideal for sunny borders, cottage gardens, rockeries, or planted en masse, this Calamint is a delightful and drought-tolerant choice that delivers continuous beauty and fragrance throughout the growing season.
Care & maintenance
Easily grown in average, well-drained soil. Tolerates poor soil, drought, and heat once established. Shear back spent blooms to encourage new flushes. May self-seed readily; deadheading can prevent this if desired. Generally pest and disease free.
Quick facts
- Type
- perennial
- Mature height
- 1-2 feet
- Mature width
- 1-2 feet
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Water
- Low to moderate
- Growth rate
- Medium