via May Dreams Gardens on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
As part of the renovation of my foundation plantings on the east side of my house, I decided to dig out all the catmint (Nepeta sp.) growing there. I called my youngest sister and said "I'm digging out all my catmint, do you...". Her immmediate response was yes. I didn't even have to finish the question. She takes nearly any every plant I offer her.
So yesterday I cut the catmint way back, dug it all out, and threw it in a trash bag. This morning, I took it to my sister's house and left it by the front steps and went inside. . . .
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via MucknMire on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Yuck, apparently the Perennial Plant Association named the Walker's Low Nepeta as plant of the year Nepeta x faassenii. Catmint is in the same family as catnip (Nepeta cataria) but cats don't seem to be affected by it in the same way. I'm leery of planting any kind of mint as I'm still pulling out runners of spearmint after 3 years. . .
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to catmint on 2007-01-08, 19:34:26
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via From the Pondlady's Pad on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Nepeta or catmint was just named perennial of the year. It's a member of the mint family and grows everywhere. There are lavender blue ones that are a great substitute for lavender plants that hate our summer heat and bad drainage. It has great grey green foliage and sprawls. Because of that sprawling habit, it's a great plant for next to the pond. It will drape over and look great.
It will also attract every cat within 10 miles. Use at your own risk.
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Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to catmint, herbs, nepeta on 2006-11-17, 00:11:05
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via About Gardening on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Some must-have plants entice us with the unusual. Maybe its eye-popping color, a graceful arching form or super-sized flowers. Other must-have plants simply deliver. ...
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via Cincinnati Cape Cod on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
A few weeks ago, I planted eighteen of my seed-grown catmint plants in the ground as an edging in the
rose bed. I dutifully covered them with the Plant Defenders in order to save them from my grazing kitties. I intend to use the Defenders for this year only. By next year, the plants should have become established enough to resist being pulled from the ground and robust enough to recover from a little gnawing.
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on Aug 15, 2006, 10:11AM
Posted by Kasmira Reblogged by Old Roses to catmint, cats on 2006-08-16, 15:57:51
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via In My Backyard on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
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on May 25, 2006, 12:47AM
Posted by Beverly Reblogged by Old Roses to catmint on 2006-05-25, 17:05:22
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via Cincinnati Cape Cod on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
The
catmint has outgrown its protection. I caught
Zoro topping the seedlings that had pressed themselves through the mesh. The crushed leaves betrayed the plants’ presence and I soon had a passel of
cats milling around the box, searching for the narcotic.
I would be at a total loss, except for
Andrea’s highlight of Peaceful Valley’s
Plant Defender. I ordered 18 of them to use over the catmint edging my rose bed. I find it somewhat amusing that the Defender is described as a protection from “browsing birds, snails, slugs, raccoons, deer and rabbits,” but kitties aren’t mentioned! I’ll certainly write
Peaceful Valley if they prove effective against cats.
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on May 23, 2006, 9:59AM
Posted by Kasmira Reblogged by Old Roses to catmint, cats on 2006-05-23, 23:25:02
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via Cincinnati Cape Cod on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
I’m sure my neighbor was relieved to see the rose bed go from muddy pit to tilled paisley last Sunday. It took me 5 hours to level the bed (I had a pile of dirt from my initial attempt at double-digging), till the hardpan, work in peat moss, dig three 18” x 18” holes, amend the fill, and plant the three
Julia Child roses. Later that day, I came home from Anne’s house with iris divisions and added those too. This weekend, I buried 10 lily bulbs and plugged in a few sweet alyssum seedlings. All that’s missing is the catmint. . .
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Posted by Kasmira Reblogged by Old Roses to catmint, catnip on 2006-05-02, 23:33:33
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