Clinopodium coccineum 'Amber Blush' 25/7 Restock Hold one of her flowers

Hold one of her flowers in your hand and you understand why the early painters bothered: the matte red against the gold center is graphic and arresting in a way the more ornate cultivars never quite manage

and patient gardeners have long considered the trade a fair one

the spot where nothing else will brighten

Tall and strong-stemmed

Clinopodium coccineum 'Amber Blush' 25/7 Restock Hold one of her flowers'Amber Blush' is a soft toned selection of the native scarlet calamint, Clinopodium coccineum, an aromatic, semi evergreen subshrub of the mint family from the deep sands of the southeastern coastal plain. Where the wild species flowers in hot scarlet, this apricot clone brings a gentler, more complicated color to the same tough, hummingbird loved plant. Found in the Florida Panhandle, 'Amber Blush' was introduced and shared with us by Rich