Common Name: Catmint
Family: Lamiaceae
Native Range: Southern Europe
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 12 to 24”
Spread: 18 to 36”
Bloom Time: May to September
Bloom Description: Blue/Violet
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to Medium
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
Nepeta species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species and as nectar sources for pollinators, such as honeybees and hummingbirds. While it attracts these beneficial pollinators catmint can also help deter other pests in your garden like aphids and squashbugs.
Catmint is best grown in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It thrives well in dry soils in full sun and is very drought tolerant. In more humid hot areas like the deep South, it appreciates some afternoon shade. It is best to shear the flower spikes after initial flowering to promote continual bloom. It must be propagated by division because the seeds are sterile. This hybrid of catnip is a mounding and bushy perennial that can grow 1 to 2 feet high. It has small and numerous flowers arranged on loose, interrupted racemes that can measure 6 inches on top of a square, leafy stem with oval, veinated, aromatic, greyish green foliage. The blooms in spring are nearly continuous until fall in the best growing conditions. It is resistant to rabbit and deer.
Horticultural and Pollinator Information from:
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finders
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepeta
Family: Lamiaceae
Native Range: Southern Europe
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 12 to 24”
Spread: 18 to 36”
Bloom Time: May to September
Bloom Description: Blue/Violet
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to Medium
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
Nepeta species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species and as nectar sources for pollinators, such as honeybees and hummingbirds. While it attracts these beneficial pollinators catmint can also help deter other pests in your garden like aphids and squashbugs.
Catmint is best grown in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It thrives well in dry soils in full sun and is very drought tolerant. In more humid hot areas like the deep South, it appreciates some afternoon shade. It is best to shear the flower spikes after initial flowering to promote continual bloom. It must be propagated by division because the seeds are sterile. This hybrid of catnip is a mounding and bushy perennial that can grow 1 to 2 feet high. It has small and numerous flowers arranged on loose, interrupted racemes that can measure 6 inches on top of a square, leafy stem with oval, veinated, aromatic, greyish green foliage. The blooms in spring are nearly continuous until fall in the best growing conditions. It is resistant to rabbit and deer.
Horticultural and Pollinator Information from:
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finders
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepeta