Calamintha georgiana
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Savory, Georgia Calamint
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Plant Specifics
Form: | Shrub | |
Size: | 1-2 ft tall by 1-2 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Short-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | Lavender | |
Fruit Color: | NA | |
Phenology: | Partially deciduous. Flowers mostly late fall into winter. | |
Noted for: | Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | This small shrub can be used in a dry wildflower garden or grown as a low border along paths. It would also work as a foundation plant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Considerations: | Difficult to establish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Seed and cuttings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Insects: | Flowers attract a variety of insects. | |
Native Habitats: | Edges of dry bluffs and roadsides through sandhill. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures