Catmint
Nepeta
Catmint Plant Features
If you want to enjoy a steady supply of blue flowers in your garden you can't go wrong with catmint. This amazing plant pops into bloom in the early spring and stays blooming on and off throughout most of the summer (it helps to shear back each wave of flowers after they fade). Both the flowers and foliage of catmint are fragrant especially when the plant is rubbed or brushed. Plant catmint along the edge of a path where you can enjoy the minty perfume every time you walk by. The nectar-rich blooms are enjoyed by hummingbirds and butterflies, too! Catmint is resistant to rabbit and deer damage. Hardy from zones 4-9.
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Catmint Growing Instructions
Catmint is a super easy perennial. Plant it in full sun and well drained soil and stand back. The plant will virtually take care of itself. For best growth, water whenever the soil feels dries and sprinkle some slow release granular fertilizer around the plant in the early spring. Clip away faded flowers to promote additional flushes of bloom. Catmint can become a bit invasive so plant it where you can control its spread.
Catmint is not recommended for human or animal consumption.
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Light
Outside: Sun
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Colors
Blue, Purple, White
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Water
Low water needs
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Special Features
Attracts butterflies
Attracts hummingbirds
Deer/rabbit resistant
Fragrant flowers/foliage
Super-easy to grow
Complement your Catmint with these varieties:
The gray foliage of Artemisia and the blue flowers of Catmint look great together.
Knock Out Rose and Catmint are an amazing combination.
The bright flowers of Asiatic lily are a great complement to Catmint.
Varieties: Our Favorites

Nepeta nervosa 'Blue Moon'
Blue Moon flowers all summer long and into autumn, too, producing wave after wave of soft lavender-blue flowers. It holds up to heat and drought and resists deer and rabbits and grows on 12 inches tall and wide. Zones 5-8

Nepeta Little Trudy ('Psfike')
As you might guess from its name, Little Trudy is a dwarf variety. It grows 12 inches tall and 18 inches wide. Like other catmints, it blooms all summer and holds up to heat and drought. Zones 4-9

Nepeta nervosa 'Pink Cat'
Easy-to-grow, this sun-loving perennial flower shows off bright pink blooms throughout the summer. It grows 12 inches and wide. Zones 5-9

Nepeta subsessilis 'Pink Dreams'
Pink Dreams catmint offers pinkish flowers throughout the summer if faded blooms are removed. It grows 24 inches tall and 20 inches wide. Zones 4-9

Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Walker's Low is a popular variety that blooms from late spring to autumn, with lavender-blue flowers over gray-green foliage. It grows 30 inches tall and 36 inches wide. Zones 4-8