Flower Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 3 - 9
- Height: 12 inches
- Bloom Season: Summer
- Bloom Color: Blue
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Well-drained soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8
- Deer Resistant: Yes
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 68F
- Average Germ Time: 14 - 21 days
- Light Required: Yes
- Depth: Do not cover the seeds, but tightly press into the soil
- Sowing Rate: Approximately 1,000 seeds covers 20 square feet or 3 - 4 seeds per plant
- Moisture: Keep moist until germination
- Plant Spacing: 12 inches
- Care & Maintenance: See: Catmint
Catmint (Nepeta Mussinii) - Catmint forms a low-growing mound of fragrant foliage with spikes of 12 inch lavender-blue flowers. It's very easy to grow from flower seed, and if the flower seed is sown early in the season, it will bloom the first year. It is a perennial that blooms like an annual. The foliage is vigorous and spreads to a width of 10 - 12 inches. Catmint works great as a general cover, accent plant, pathway edger, rock garden specimen, or in the herb garden. Like catnip, Nepeta attracts cats, and its flowers furnish nectar for hummingbirds.
Catmints are not particular about soil, tolerating a wide range of texture and pH. They do however need good drainage and without it will develop crown rot. Shearing Nepeta plants after the first bloom will encourage more blossoms later in the summer.
Shaker Bottle With Seed Starting Matrix |
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Shake 'n Seed - We are now offering shaker bottles filled with our seed starting matrix: rich soil, gardening sand, water absorbing crystals, and starter fertilizer. This not only helps dispense your seed, but it gets it off to a great start! Simply remove lid from shaker bottle, add seed from packet, put back on lid, shake the bottle vigorously for 15 seconds, and then shake your way to beautiful new plants! Use Shake 'n Seed over good quality soil, and then gently water to keep seed moist until it sprouts. Great for ground covers or mass planting flower seeds. |
