Catmints (Nepeta) are Easy Growing, Drought Hardy Garden Performers
By Marie Iannotti, About.com Guide
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Catmint: A hardy perennial with nine lives
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Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii)
Loose spikes of lavender-blue flowers cover the soft, silvery-green mounds in late spring and early summer.
Catmint
Catmint blooms beautifully in late May and early June, and again in August. Shear top growth as the first flush of flowers fade. Fresh new growth soon will appear.
Additional Comments: In France, the leaves and young shoots of catmint are used as a seasoning. Mrs. Grieve states that the young tops, made into a conserve, can be administered for nightmares.
Lesser catmint
Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta 'Blue Cloud'
Genus: Calamintha
Species: nepeta subsp. nepeta
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Catmints are members of the mint family and, as such, have fragrant foliage. They also boast tubular flowers in white or shades of blue and purple over a long period. Catmints are attractive to insects and hummingbirds and some species attract cats.
Catmint is a perennial, and grows one and one half to three feet tall. It is native to North America. In addition to cats, bees are also fond of Catmint.
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Dropmore Catmint
A profusion of blue flowers and soft, fragrant, fine textured foliage. Blooms for a long period of time. Excellent compliment for Solidago and Roses.
Catmint
Related to catnip, but much showier, catmints (Nepeta) are easy to grow perennials that not only have flowers in shades of purple-blue, pink and white, but gray-green foliage that remains attractive throughout the growing season as well.
Catmint was originally grown as an herb for tea and to keep flying pests out of the garden. Now, many cultivars are highly ornamental.
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Catmint Nepeta mussinii has grey-green leaves and mauve-blue flower spikes all summer. Cats love it.
Silver Carpet Cerastium tomentosum bears a mass of small white flowers over silver-grey leaves.
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or catmint, strong-scented perennial herb (Nepeta cataria) of the family Labiatae ( family), native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in the United States.
The catmint has crinkly grey-green foliage which upholds spikes of lavender-blue flowers that have their first flourish May through July, reblooming deep into Autumn if deadheaded or sheered on top.
Nepeta--Catmint
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California Brome, Cambridge Milk-parsley, Canadian Fleabane, Canadian Golden-rod, Canadian Waterweed or Water-thyme, Carline Thistle, Carnation Sedge, Catmint, Cat's Ear, Caucasian Stonecrop, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Chaffweed, Chalk Milkwort, ...
These members of the Lamiaceae (formerly Labiatae) family are first cousins to Nepeta (Catmint), Mentha (true mint), and monarda (bee balm), to mention but a few.
Nepeta grandiflora, Giant catmint, is lusher and more ornamental than true catnip. It has dark green leaves and dark bluish-purple flowers.
Nepeta x faassenii is most commonly grown as an ornamental plant.
Nepeta teydea (Canary Catmint)
50 (100)cm, woody perennial with aromatic, densely pubescent, grayish green, ovoid leaves and tall flower heads with violet blue, funnel shaped flowers. From subalpine zones in rocky spots on Tenerife and La Palma.
Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii 'Six Hills Giant')
Catmint (Nepeta mussinii 'Blue Wonder')
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Plant marigolds and nasturtiums throughout the garden, as well. Marigolds release compounds that deter nematodes and they also have a spicy, slightly unpleasant odor that may deter pests. Plant catmint and lavender in a perennial bed to ward off ...
Nepeta species Catmint
Oenothera species Evening Primrose, Sundrops
Opuntia humifusa Prickly Pear Cactus
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Phlomis species Jerusalem Sage
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Rugosa roses can quickly overtake small spaces because they’ll send up suckers from the base of the plant, so place rugosas where they’ll have room to spread. Underplant them with perennials, such as catmint, lavender, or lamb’ ...
 See also: Lavender, Leadwort, Daisy, Coneflower, Catnip
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