Nepeta is a nifty addition to
the garden. It’s plentiful in my own plantings – ever since I received a division
from a green-thumbed friend, many years ago.
This flowering perennial, in
its purple blossomed variety, looks and smells a lot like lavender. The
heart-shaped grayish-green leaves offer full foliage, making nepeta a nice
groundcover in garden beds as well.
It’s simple to grow nepeta in
partial or full sunlight, and it multiplies each year.
After the early season
blooming is over, and the pretty purple flowers begin to fade, I trim my nepeta
plantings way back. That way, they grow in even fuller for mid- and late-summer
blooming.
Nepeta, however, can become a
little invasive, as it reseeds and spreads on its own. In fact, it’s called a
catmint, and it is related to catnip, which spreads quite rapidly.
I have heard nepeta can help
to deter mosquitoes, but the jury is still out on that one in our backyard.
Nepeta in Israel
by Gideon Pisanty
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