Plant Care GuidesPerennials | Bulbs | Trees and Shrubs |
Vegetables | Fruits | Herbs About This PlantThe most familiar
catmints are those with purple-blue flowers that bloom heavily
in early summer. These come in a range of heights, from a foot
tall up to as much as 3-4 feet tall, making them useful in many
garden settings, including flower borders, rock gardens, and
edging. A classic combination is to grow them with hybrid tea
roses to cover the "bare knees" of the rose bushes and
complement the many shades of rose blossoms with their soft blue
flowers. But there are also catmints with pale pink or white
flowers, even one uncommon species with yellow flowers. All make
great bee and butterfly attracting plants. Most are hardy in
zones 3-8. Special FeaturesFaassen's catmint (Nepeta X
faassenii) One of the most popular catmints, the flowers of this
hybrid are sterile, so it doesnt need deadheading to prevent
self-sowing. A number of cultivars of this species are widely
available, including 'Blue Wonder', 1-2 fe