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Re: Calamintha

At 08:28 AM 10/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>Hello to all!  I purchased a few calamintha plants this past season and I
>feel deeply in love.  They required no care, smelled pleasantly like mint,
>provided a baby's breath-type filler for cut bouquets (the more I cut, the
>more the darn thing grew and bloomed), and looked great with whatever I had
>placed them by (with oriental lillies, it looked like a living bouquet --
>breathtaking!).  I highly recommend this plant for every garden as I'm sure
>everyone would find a place for this jewel.  I purchased some from White
>Flower Farm (which gave it a knock-out review) and Bluestone Perennials
>(which was cheaper and the plants grew equally as well).
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>Questions:  I'm hoping that this plant will spread like others in the mint
>family, but so far it is just a bushy plant...does someone know if will
>spread?  If not, how can I propagate it?  I love it so much, I want it as
>an edging for my rose border along with the lamb's ear!
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>Any help would be most appreciated.  I have it in full sun, I'm in zone
>5/6, my soil is clay based.
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i have two calaminthas, and they remain single plants after several years.
You can grow them from seeds, but mine have not self-seeded.  Richters
catalog has a "showy calaminth" and "calamintha nepeta," both would be seed
orders..  If you don't have the Richters catalog, email
catalog@richters.com and request one.  It may be a while before they honor
your request, because they should have a new catalog about ready to be
printed.  Margaret

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