Flower Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 4 - 9
- Height: 12 inches
- Bloom Season: Summer
- Bloom Color: Pink
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Well-drained soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8
- Deer Resistant: Yes
Catmint (Nepeta Nervosa) - A new, early blooming and mounded catmint variety that forms beautiful large, pink spikes that are fragrant and will attract hummingbirds and butterflies alike. Catmint makes a beautiful display in any flower garden, and it works well in containers on your patio as well. The compact, heat tolerant Nepeta plants flower early and continue the entire season. Plant in full sun or partial shade. This perennial will bloom the first year if the flower seed is sown early in the growing season. Catmint flower seeds produce a great general cover, accent plant, pathway edger, or rock garden specimen. Like catnip, it attracts cats, and its flowers furnish nectar for hummingbirds.
Establishing this ground cover from Nepeta flower seed is not a challenge due to the fact that catmint is not particular about soil, tolerating a wide range of texture and pH. It does, however, need good drainage and without it will develop crown rot. Shearing the plant after the first bloom will encourage more blossoms later in the summer.
