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

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