Calamintha sylvatica is and evergreen medicinal perennial ideal for for small gardens due to its compact habit, long flowering season and aromatic foliage.
It bears delightful light-blue flowers on a low, spreading plant that features small, veined and rounded leaves. This plant will attract bees and butterflies and many other beneficial insects to your garden and therefore birds too.
A sweet and aromatic herb tea can be made from the leaves which is very refreshing. The leaves are also used as a flavouring in mediterranean style cooking. It is pleasantly pungent and aromatic, the flavour being similar to a cross between mint and marjoram
Dried as a tea it is a useful antiseptic and expectorant.