![]() ![]() 'Blue Wonder', 'Junior Walker', 'Novanepjun', 'Select Blue', 'Six Hills Giant', 'Walker's Low' Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties:ġ-1.5 ft tall, low and compact lavender flowers VIDEO Created by Homegrown featuring Mark Weathington, Director of JC Raulston Arboretum Insects, Disease, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. It is also suitable for growing in a container or crevices in a rock wall. Use it in a border or mass planted in a cottage or edible garden, or in a garden for the blind. Grow blue catmint along a path, patio, or near an entrance to enjoy the aroma. As a sterile plant it is unlikely to reseed. It came to be called catmint owing to having a strong scent that cats find attractive. ![]() Gray-green leaves and lavender-blue flowers are highly aromatic. Shear after flowering to encourage repeat bloom. Once established, blue catmint is drought tolerant. It tolerates a variety of soil textures so long as they are well draining. Site this plant in full sun to partial shade, especially in the South. It was first cultivated by Faassen Nurseries in the Netherlands. It is a sterile hybrid plant, the result of a cross between Nepeta racemosa and Nepeta nepetella. It rapidly forms a clump 18 to 24 inches tall and spreading as much as 36 inches wide that blooms from spring into summer. Phonetic Spelling NEP-eh-tah BY fah-SEN-ee-eye Descriptionīlue catmint is an herbaceous perennial, ground cover native to Europe and in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. ![]()
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