Calamintha nepeta ‘Marveletta Blue’

Sweet no fuss perennial with a flurry of intense bluish- purple flowers all summer. It makes a pleasant tea and the minty aroma is distasteful to deer 🦌. Yay! The blossoms and foliage are edible. Its foliage is an element in the Mediterranean seasoning Zataar. Often used  as garnishes or to flavor wine, Marvalette Blue is an award winning selection that stays more bushy and compact with larger flowers and an earlier bloom- time than the species. No flopping like others. Ht 12” tall and wide. Great in containers or allowed to gently self seed around your garden for little clouds of airy flowers. It can be used as a fragrant groundcover. Not invasive at all. I enjoy moving the little babies around to create little waves of scent as an extra deer deterrent in front of things they like to chow. Trim back hard after 1st flower flush and it quickly reblooms looking tidy all summer. Pollinators love it too. Drought tolerant, heat resistant and forgiving of imperfect soil, but looks best in rich well draining soil. Likes sun- part sun.