Genus of about 10 species of annuals, and semi-evergreen to evergreen, spreading woody perennials. \u00a0Name derives from the Greek word \u2018akinos\u2019 means small aromatic plant. \u00a0From the mountainous areas of Central and South Europe and Western Asia. \u00a0It has opposite leaves with 2 lipped tube shape flower borne on erect spikes mid summer usually with short bushy hairs.<\/p>\n
Cultivation is quite easy they\u2019re frost hardy and will grow in poor soil as well as its well drained and they resent wet conditions and need full sun.<\/p>\n
Prone to aphids, spider mites<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and pyhthium<\/i><\/em>.<\/p>\n Acinos alpinus \u2013 Calamintha alpina \u2013 Alpine Calamint <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 In mid summer it produces spikes of 3-8 violet flowers 1\u201d inch wide with white marks on the lower lips. Short lived spreading perennial 8\u201dinches tall and 6\u201d inches wide that\u2019s evergreen. \u00a0It has rounded \u00be\u201d long, leaves with either pointed or blunt tips.<\/p>\n Zones 5-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acinos \u2013 Calamint Genus of about 10 species of annuals, and semi-evergreen to evergreen, spreading woody perennials. \u00a0Name derives from the Greek word \u2018akinos\u2019 means small aromatic plant. \u00a0From the mountainous areas of Central and South Europe and Western Asia. \u00a0It has opposite leaves with 2 lipped tube shape flower borne on erect spikes mid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,60,31,20],"product_tag":[92],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252384"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3879"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3879"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}