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Catmint

Beautiful flowers complement fragrant silver leaves and attract butterflies. Lovely in the herb or flower garden, especially at garden's edge, as a small-scale ground cover or planted among rosebushes. Shear in midsummer to shape and promote reblooming.

Companion Plants

Beard-Tongue

Black-Eyed Susan

Phlox

Plant Details

  • Common name

    Catmint

  • Botanical name

    Nepeta x faassenii

  • Variety

    na

  • Zone

    USDA Zone 4 (-30°F) to USDA Zone 8 (10°F).

  • Light

    Part sun

  • Height

    16-18" (41-46 cm)

  • Habit

    Clumping

  • Feed

    Use all-purpose

  • Water

    Weekly during dry spells

  • Bloom Color

    Purple

  • Bloom Time

    Summer-fall

  • Maintenance

    Shear back lightly after bloom

This plant also belongs to the following BloomIQ.com collections:

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