Calamint is also known as Basil Thyme, Mountain Mint, Leaves make a refreshing tea with a sweet minty flavour. In European folk tradition the tea is a remedy for colds, depression, anxiety and insomnia. The leaves used in cooking to flavour meat. Calamint is indigenous to Europe and Asia and prefers dry, chalky or sandy soils in an open sunny position. Flowers in midsummer. Drought and frost resistant. A perennial plant, it growing to 0.2m x 0.5m.