Re: Acinos - Basil Thyme

> I grew several from seed this last season and have been pleased with the 
> plants. The plant's related to the Calminthas and the leaves look like 
> Thyme leaves but have a Basil scent and flavor. Prostrate growth...makes a 
> nice hardy perennial groundcover and underplanting with showier perennials 
> in border, etc. Bloomed heavily--flowers were a shade of violet/magenta.
> 
> I want to try another variety I have read about but not seen. Supposedly 
> it is particularly long-lived and flowers are either white or purple. All 
> I know is that it's a corss between a. arvenis and a. corsicus. Anybody 
> been growing any of this Genus? The seed I tried was either a. thymoides 
> (English variety) or a. alpinus (south central Europe).
> 
> Catharine
> Atlanta, zone 7b

Hi Catharine,

   I've never grown Acinos before, but your description makes me want to
   try it.  I like the idea of having a basil-like plant that's 
   perennial, not to mention good-looking.  

   Being from the cold and windy Midwest, I'm a little worried about 
   hardiness.  I've found several sources for seed, but nobody mentions
   what zones it can be grown in.

   Any advice?  Would I have to overwinter it indoors in my USDA zone
   5b climate?

Thanks,

Chris
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