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 arvensis \u2013 Clinopodium acinos \u2013 Basil of thyme \u2013 Mother thyme \u2013 <\/b><\/strong>Native to North Europe and Western Asia where it\u2019s wide spread. \u00a0It is a short lived annual or perennial growing 8\u201dtall and 1\u2019 foot wide with \u00bd\u201d rounded to egg shape leaves that are faintly aromatic. \u00a0Mid to late summer it sends out loose spikes of 3-8 violet flowers marked with white on lowers lips.<\/p>\n Zones 5-10<\/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":26180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,60,31,20],"product_tag":[],"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-160252385"},"_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\/3880"}],"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=3880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3880"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3880"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}