Clinopodium carolinianum – Georgia Basil(BTF.DRGHT.HMR.NB)

Ecosystem Services:
(B)-Birds                                             (B&B)-Birds & Butterflies

(BTF)-Butterflies                             (BW)-Black Walnut Resistant

(DR)-Deer Resistant                      (DRGHT)-Drought Resistant

(EC)-Erosion Control                    (EVR)-Evergreen

(FC)-Fall Color                                 (FRG)-Fragrant

(GRD)-Groundcover                      (H)-Host plant

(HMR)-Hummingbirds                (M)-Mammals

(MTH)-Moths                                   (N)-Nectar

(NB)-Native Bees                            (NST)-Nesting Material

(OP)-Other pollinators                 (RR)-Rabbit Resistant

(SHWY)-Showy                                (SPC)-Specimen Plant

Georgia Calamint is a perennial shrub in the mint family native to the southeastern U.S.A. It is rated critically impaired in NC and is found in the Piedmont, sandhills, and coastal plain. The shrub grows 1-2 feet tall and wide and has clusters of pretty tubular purple flowers from July to September. Cut the plant back after flowering to prevent legginess.

This plant grows in well-drained sandy soils with a substrate pH of 8-10. It prefers sun to partial shade and can be grown in containers.