Nepeta spp

Catmint, Catnip

Nepeta spp

Care:

Full Sun
Partial Shade
Low
Most Soils

Look:

Medium
size
Small
size
Gray Green
leaves
Green
leaves
Blue
flowers
Lavender
flowers
White
flowers
Life cycle:
Annual | Perennial

Low-growing, flowering perennial from the mint family that produces many spikes of lavender flowers in the summer that are attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Soft, gray-green, aromatic foliage is attractive to cats. Nepeta species seed freely and may become invasive. Nepeta x faassenii is a sterile hybrid that is widely available and grows well in Northern California gardens. Available cultivars have flowers ranging from deep blue to white.

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